| 单词 | organ bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorgan bird organ bird n. any of certain birds with a loud, melodious song: (a) either of two Australian birds of the family Cracticidae, the pied butcher-bird, Cracticus nigrogularis, and the Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen; (b) a reddish-orange and brown wren of Central and South America, Cyphorhinus aradus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Troglodytidae > genus Cyphorhinus organ bird1847 flute-player1875 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Cracticidae > gymnorhina tibicen magpie1792 piping crow1832 organ bird1847 flute-bird1862 bush-magpie1890 maggie1901 1847 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) II. Pl. 48 It pours forth a succession of notes..much resembling..a hand-organ out of tune..which has obtained for it the colonial name of the Organ-Bird. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. vi. 400 I frequently heard..the ‘realejo’ or organ bird..the most remarkable songster, by far, of the Amazonian forests. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 404 Tasmania has..the Organ-bird of the colonists, G. hyperleuca,..or organica. 1904 W. H. Hudson Green Mansions viii. 140 I hear..the organ-bird singing far, far away in the shadows of the trees. 1985 Austral. Nat. Hist. Spring 427 Also known as the Organ Bird, the Pied Butcherbird has an extraordinary variety of flute-like calls. < as lemmas |
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