单词 | passer-flamingo |
释义 | † passer-flamingon. Obsolete. A flamingo. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Phoenicopteridae (flamingo) phoenicopter1570 flamingo1589 passer-flamingo1610 flaman1706 fleming1708 red flamingo1785 red flammant1785 1610 N. Downton Jrnl. July–Aug. in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iii. xii. 275 Wild-geese, Duckes, Pellicans, Passea, Flemincos [sic], and Crowes. 1625 T. Roe in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. 536 Larks, Wild-geese, Ducks, Passerflannugos, and many others. 1630 J. Smith True Trav. 54 The best and greatest is a Passer Flaminga, which walking at her length is as tall as a man. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 18 (Engraving) Pasche-Flemingo. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 212 Passe-flemingoes, Geese, Powts, Swallowes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1610 |
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