| 单词 | moose-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoose-bird moose-bird n. U.S. regional (northern) and Canadian any of various birds common in Canada; esp. the grey or Canada jay, Perisoreus canadensis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > perisoreus canadensis whisky jack1743 whisky john1772 moose-bird1832 grease bird1892 1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. 150 The moose-bird..feeds on the berries of the moose brush. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 220 Three large slate-colored birds of the jay genus (Garrulus Canadensis), the Canada-jay, moose-bird, meat-bird, or what not. 1890 S. M. St. Maur Impressions of Tenderfoot 273 My friend of the woods, the moose-bird... I found his real name was the great northern shrike, Lanius borealis. 1908 C. Mair Through Mackenzie Basin 384 The Indians call them [sc. phoebes] ‘Moose birds’, as they often use moose hair in lining their nests. 1941 E. T. Seton Trail of Artist-naturalist 270 Presently the wailing of the moose-bird fell on my anxious ear. 1980 C. G. D. Roberts Eyes of Wilderness 112 Half a dozen pairs of impudent little Canada jays, or ‘moose-birds’,..frequently roosted on the backs of their lordly hosts [sc. moose]. < as lemmas |
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