单词 | motorway bird |
释义 | > as lemmasmotorway bird motorway bird n. a bird, esp. a bird of prey, commonly found along motorway margins. ΚΠ 1978 D. Goodwin Birds Man's World i. 22 The Kestrel is one of the most characteristic ‘motorway birds’, as the extensive sloping embankments and grassy verges provide..good numbers of insects and small mammals. 1987 World Mag. Oct. 28/1 The kestrel favours woods, farmland, parks, moorland, and grass verges, particularly those along motorways which has earned it the name ‘motorway bird’. 1998 Independent 2 June i. 11/2 England has a new motorway bird—the red kite. Confined to Wales for most of this century, the spectacular fork-tailed bird of prey can now be seen regularly from the M40. < as lemmas |
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