单词 | may-fowl |
释义 | > as lemmasMay-fowl ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Numenius (miscellaneous) > numenius phaeopus (whimbrel) spowe1519 whimbrel1530 May-chick1577 jack curlew1770 May-bird1791 tang-whaup1808 May-fowl1852 May jack1880 May curlew1885 crooked-bill marlin1886 1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds IV. 253 [Syn.] Whimbrel, Little Curlew..Mayfowl. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 200 Because they appear in the month of May..they [sc. whimbrels] have received the names of..May fowl (Ireland). < as lemmas |
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