单词 | ox-biter |
释义 | > as lemmasox-biter ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Sturnidae > genus Buphagus (ox-pecker) rhinoceros bird1822 beefeater1836 oxpecker1837 tick-bird1850 buffalo-bird1857 ox-biter1885 tick-eater1903 cow-picker1915 1885 Harper's Mag. Feb. 420/1 The red-beaked ox-biters (Buphaga erythrorhynca), more popularly known as rhinoceros-birds. 1885 Harper's Mag. Feb. 422/1 There is in South Africa a near relative, known as the African ox-biter (Buphaga africana). 1890 Cent. Dict. Oxbiter,..2. The American cow-bird. < as lemmas |
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