单词 | nile-bird |
释义 | † nile-birdn. English regional (southern). Obsolete. rare. The northern wryneck, Jynx torquilla. ΚΠ 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 103 Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)... Nile bird (Berks; Bucks). 1897 A. H. Cocks Local Words S. Bucks. in Rec. Bucks. 7 66 Nile-bird, the Wryneck (Junx torquilla); more commonly called the Cuckoo's Mate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1885 |
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