| 单词 | man-of-war hawk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman-of-war hawk 3. More fully man-of-war bird, †man-of-war hawk. Any of various seabirds, esp. predatory ones which attack other seabirds in order to steal their food; spec. (a) a frigate bird; (b) U.S. the Arctic skua, Stercorarius parasiticus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > fregata aquila (frigate-bird) alcatras1584 man-of-war hawk1657 albatross1733 frigate-bird1738 sea-eagle1845 sea-hawk1852 hurricane-bird1879 son-of-the-sun1895 the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > family Diomedeidae (albatross) man-of-war hawk1657 albatross1681 gony1839 bluebird1867 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > member of man-of-war hawk1657 sea-eagle1668 sea-hen1676 skua1678 skua-gull1768 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 61 There is a Bird they call, a Man of war, and he is much bigger than a Heron. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 30 We saw here several Tropick-Birds, and Men of War Birds. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 483 The Man-of-war Bird; or the dark-coloured Alcyon with a slender forked tail. 1796 H. Wansey Jrnl. Excursion to U.S. 194 Of some kinds of birds they have great plenty, such as robins, swallows, cat birds, and king birds, or men of war, as some call them. 1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 762 The well-known Frigate Bird, Sea Hawk, or Man-of-War Bird. 1876 H. Melville Clarel II. iii. ix. 337 Nor man-of-war-hawk sole in sky O'er lonely ship sends lonelier cry. 1885 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) IV. 184 The ‘man-of-war hawk’, as they [sc. frigate birds] are often called. 1898 O. Davie Nests & Eggs N. Amer. Birds (1900) 26 The Parasitic Jaeger..is eminently rapacious, and it is known as the ‘Man-of-War’, from its habits of pursuing and robbing the terns and smaller gulls. 1906 W. L. Sclater Birds S. Afr. IV. 495 The ‘Cape Sheep’, ‘Great Albatros’, ‘Man of War Bird’ and ‘Goney’ are all names which are sometimes applied to this bird [sc. the wandering albatross]. 1946 L. A. Hausman Field Bk. Eastern Birds 301 Stercorarius parasiticus... Man-of-War... This species seems to victimize the Kittiwake Gull on the fishing banks more than the others. 1949 M. Lowry Let. May (1967) 178 I think he [sc. H. Melville] is confusing it with his man-of-war bird, the frigate bird. 1952 E. Hemingway Old Man & Sea 30 He saw a man-of-war bird with his long black wings circling in the sky. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. c5/1 A properly flown chute is a thing of beauty, at least equal to the form and grace of a soaring man-of-war bird. < as lemmas |
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