| 单词 | meadow hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeadow hen meadow hen n. North American (a) the American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus; (b) any of several North American rails. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > rail or coot meadow hena1841 meadow chicken1888 a1841 ‘J. Cypress, Jr.’ Sporting Scenes (1842) I. 18 The principal inhabitants are gulls, and meadow-hens. 1863 ‘G. Hamilton’ Gala-days 97 You know you didn't scare a little meadow-hen. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 204/1 Clapper Rail... [Also called] Meadow Hen. 1946 L. A. Hausman Field Bk. Eastern Birds 110 American Bittern... Other names... Indian Hen, Meadow Hen. 1955 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 39 443 Virginia Rail... Meadow Hen, Mud Hen (Maine, Mass.)... Sora... Meadow Hen (Maine, Mass.)... Florida Gallinule... Meadow Hen (Mass., Conn.). < as lemmas |
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