| 单词 | moth-hunter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoth-hunter moth-hunter n. †(a) a nightjar, esp. Caprimulgus europaeus (obsolete); (b) an entomologist who studies moths. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus europaeus (nightjar) goat-milker1611 goatsucker1611 nighthawk1611 nightjar1630 dor-hawk1668 churn-owl1674 fern-owl1678 goat owl1766 eve-jara1793 puckeridgea1793 moth-hunter1816 wheel-bird1817 jar-owl1832 nightchurr1837 night-swallow1840 eve-churr1861 wheeler1862 scissors-grinder1875 puck1878 spinner1885 1816 J. Wolcot Wks. I. 449 A moth-hunter, a crab-catcher, a bat, That owes its sole existence to a gnat! 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 196 The Moth-hunters bear the same relationship to the Swifts (not to the Swallows) that the Owls do to the Hawks. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 593 Moth-hawk, Moth-hunter, names of the nightjar. 1937 P. B. M. Allan (title) Moth-hunter's gossip. 1941 H. G. Wells You can't be too Careful iii. xxii. 218 As moth hunters treacle for moths. 1986 Q. Rev. Biol. 61 278/2 The price of the book will inhibit purchase by the many amateur moth-hunters. < as lemmas |
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