单词 | oat-fowl |
释义 | > as lemmasoat-fowl ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > plectrophenax nivalis (snow-bunting) snow-fleck1683 snow-bird1694 snowflake1770 snow-bunting1771 mountain bunting1776 oat-fowl1793 snow-fowl1813 snowman1893 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 461 A small bird, rather less than a sparrow, resorts here in winter..and is called by the people here oat-fowls, because they prey on the oats. 1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Bunting— Snow Snow-fowl. Oat-fowl. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 72 Snow bunting..Oatfowl. < as lemmas |
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