单词 | night warbler |
释义 | > as lemmasnight warbler night warbler n. any of various birds that sing at night; spec. (English regional) the reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Emberiza > emberiza schoeniclus (reed-bunting) reed-sparrowa1500 junco1706 nettle-monger1712 night warbler1739 willow-nightingale1774 reed bunting1776 ring bird1837 ring fowl1840 toad-snatcher1848 1739 W. Broome Poems (ed. 2) 33 Hark! the Night Warbler from yon vocal Boughs Glads every Valley with melodious Woes! a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) 322 List of birds which I saw in..1857..A swallow; the night-warbler? once or twice. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 27 The name of night warbler is also given to this bird [sc. the reed-bunting], because its cry may be heard at almost all hours. 1968 C. E. Jackson Brit. Names of Birds 65 Reed-warbler..night warbler. < as lemmas |
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