| 单词 | mussel-picker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmussel-picker mussel-picker n. (a) British regional the European oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus; (b) a person who collects mussels. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > haematopus ostralegus (oystercatcher) olive1541 sea-pie1552 sea piet1710 oystercatcher1731 pianet1802 sea-magpie1805 shalder1828 musselcracker1845 oyster-bird1877 mussel pecker1885 mussel-picker1889 oyster-plover1890 sea-pilot1891 1889 H. Saunders Man. Brit. Birds 543 A common name [for the Oyster-catcher] is ‘Sea Pie’..another equally appropriate term being ‘Mussel-picker’. 1899 J. Colville Sc. Vernacular 9 The mussel scaups and lagoons, dear to..the mussel-picker and the whaup. 1958 S. Plath Mussel Hunter at Rock Harbor (1981) 97 From what the crabs saw, If they could see, I was one Two-legged mussel-picker. 1997 Canad. Geogr. (Nexis) 21 Nov. 26 Once a hole has been chiselled through the snow and ice, the mussel pickers can climb through and get to work. < as lemmas |
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