单词 | mango-bird |
释义 | > as lemmasmango-bird mango-bird n. †(a) = sense A. 5 (obsolete); (b) South Asian an oriole (oriole n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) > anthracothorax mango mango-bird1731 mango hummingbird1782 mango1812 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Oriolidae > genus Oriolus (oriole) > other types of commander1812 mango-bird1839 mulberry-bird1891 1731 Catal. Rarities Don Saltero's Coffee-house 8 Mango Bird's Nest. 1738 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds III. 45 This Bird I had by the Name of the Mango Bird, which I believe to be an imposed Name: It is one of the Humming Birds. 1834 A. Prinsep Baboo I. ii. 18 The ever-green shrubberies formed..a sheltered choir for the mango-bird, the meina, and the coel. 1839 T. C. Jerdon in Madras Jrnl. 10 262 Oriolus melanocephalus L.—Black headed Mango bird or Oriole. 1882 P. Robinson Under Sun ii. 55 The mango-bird glances through the groves, and..announces his beautiful but unwelcome presence with his merle-melody. 1938 H. H. Hart tr. Li T'ai Po in H. H. Hart Garden of Peonies 49 ‘Spring’ whispers the wind, And the mango-bird calls ‘spring’. < as lemmas |
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