| 单词 | mississippi kite |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMississippi kite Mississippi kite n. Ictinia mississippiensis.extracted from kiten.Mississippi kite Mississippi kite n. a migratory kite, Ictinia mississippiensis, which has a grey body, whitish head, and black tail, and breeds in the southern United States. ΚΠ 1811 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. III. 80 Mississippi Kite, Falco Mississipiensis. 1895 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1894 218 The Mississippi kite and its white-tailed ally devour large numbers of lizards, small snakes, and insects. 1950 Ecol. Monogr. 20 116/2 The Mississippi kite lives largely on flying insects. 1987 Field Guide Birds N. Amer. (National Geographic Soc.) (ed. 2) 186 Unlike those species, Mississippi kite never hovers. < as lemmas |
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