单词 | mistletoebird |
释义 | > as lemmasmistletoebird mistletoebird n. a small Australian flowerpecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, which feeds mainly on mistletoe nectar and fruits, and the male of which has black, scarlet, and white plumage. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Dicaeidae (flower-pecker) > other types of spotted pardalote1844 mistletoebird1878 1878 R. B. Smyth Aborigines Victoria II. 38 Mistletoe-bird, Chirtgang. 1944 A. Russell Bush Ways iii. 19 Already there is a mistletoe-bird, with crimson breast, swaying itself on a mistletoe twig. 1983 B. D. Morley & H. R. Toelken Flowering Plants Austral. 235 The mistletoebird..has a short, simple gut, so that the seeds pass through the bird quickly. < as lemmas |
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