| 单词 | moat-hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoat-hen moat-hen n. now British regional the moorhen, Gallinula chloropus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Gallinula > gallinula chloropus (moor-hen) moorhena1350 water henc1520 moat-hen1544 moor coot?1606 mud hen1611 marsh hen1709 heath-game1711 stank-hen1766 clapper rail1813 skitty1813 kitty-coot1885 1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. I6 Trynga, Anglicè a uuater hen, or a mot hen. 1887 A. C. Smith Birds Wilts. 445 Moorhen,..the ‘Common Gallinule’, ‘Water-Hen’, and ‘Marsh-Hen’,..used in old time to be ‘Mot-hen’, meaning ‘Moat-hen’, for..in the days of moated houses they were very frequent about the moats. < as lemmas |
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