| 单词 | post bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspost bird post bird n. British regional the spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Muscicapinae > genus Muscicapa (fly-catcher) > muscicapa striata white baker1441 bee-bird1771 rafter1802 rafter-bird1817 wall-plat1841 wall-bird1848 post bird1849 spider-catcher1854 cherry-chopper1888 1849 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Birds 104 The Spotted Flycatcher..is in some of the rural districts of England known as the ‘Post-bird’. A dead branch, or the projecting twig of a tree..or the angle of the roof of a house, is..not unfrequently chosen as the watch-post. 1882 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 18 65/1 Local Names.—(Kent)..Spotted Flycatcher..‘Post-bird’. 1983 Birds Spring 35/1 The flycatcher spends much of its time sitting motionless on a perch..a habit which has given rise to one of its country names, the ‘post bird’. < as lemmas |
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