单词 | policeman bird |
释义 | > as lemmaspoliceman bird policeman bird n. Australian the jabiru, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus. ΚΠ 1928 C. G. Lane Adventures in Big Bush 131 Wallabies were numerous, also..Australian storks (commonly called ‘Policeman-birds’). 1970 J. V. Marshall Walk to Hills of Dreamtime 152 The black-necked stork or policeman bird... A four-foot black-and-white bird with red legs, becoming rare. 1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 10 Jan. 8 c We watched the jabiru, a sort of clumsy stork also known as the policeman bird, attempt to effect an arrest of the limp but rough-skinned file snake. < as lemmas |
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