| 单词 | mountain magpie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain magpie mountain magpie n. rare †(a) the great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor (obsolete); †(b) the green woodpecker, Picus viridis (obsolete); (c) a magpie or similar bird frequenting mountainous country. ΚΠ 1805 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 3) II. 224 (note) Synonyms [for the great shrike].—..Shreek or Shrike, Night Jar, Mountain Magpie, French Pie. 1831 G. Montagu Dict. Brit. Birds Mountain magpie, a name for the Popinjay. 1886 Outing 9 44/2 The mountain magpie had sent his grating note abroad, when I awoke to find it day. 1952 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 15 130 In a Han work on divination, we read the following verse: A wild bird and a mountain magpie, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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