| 单词 | northern pintail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnorthern pintail a. A migratory duck breeding in Eurasia and North America, Anas acuta, the male of which has a dark head, a long white neck, and two long pointed feathers in the tail. Also with unmarked plural. More fully northern pintail, pintail duck. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > erismatura rubida (ruddy duck) pintail1674 saltwater or brown diving teal1678 ruddy goose1785 ruddy duck1800 dun diver1844 stick-tail1844 pin-tailed duck1851 ruddy1877 rudder duck1884 fool duck1888 hardhead1888 paddy1888 paddywhack1888 steel-head1888 hardhead1893 rudder bird1894 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas acuta (pintail) sea-widgeon1624 pintail1674 sea pheasant1674 cracker1678 sprigtail1768 winter duck1775 sprig1844 pin-tailed duck1851 pigtailed winder1864 ladybird1885 smeath1888 smee1888 1674 Dent Let. 15 Feb. in J. Ray et al. Philos. Lett. (1718) 21 We could not meet as yet, with a Pintayle [Index: Pintail]; my Cousin tells me it is somewhat less than a Whewer. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 156 Pintail Duck..Mr. Hartlib..tells us that those birds are found in great abundance in Connaught in Ireland, in the month of February only. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 130 The Pintail, with the two middle feathers of the tail three inches longer than the rest. a1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1814) VIII. 72 The Pintail, or..the Sprigtail, is a common..duck in our markets, much esteemed for the excellence of its flesh. 1853 J. Palliser Solitary Rambles ii. 58 One was a specimen of the pin-tail duck, a fine but very shy bird. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab xii. 217 Flocks of mallard and pin~tail feeding among the stunted scrub. 1930 New Statesman 6 Sept. 678/2 The mass of teal, widgeon, pintail, gadwall, scaup and golden plover in the British Isles. 1968 J. K. Terres Flashing Wings x. 89 A flock of pintail ducks chased by an airplane were timed at 65 miles an hour. 1993 Canad. Geographic May 90/1 North America's ducks declined... Northern pintails, for example, have dropped 62 percent. < as lemmas |
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