| 单词 | belted kingfisher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbelted kingfisher belted kingfisher n. a large kingfisher widespread in North America, Megaceryle alcyon, having a blue-grey band across the chest and an additional rufous band on the belly in the female.Latham (quot. 1782) attributes the name to Thomas Pennant, whose description was not published until 1785 ( Arctic Zool. II. 279). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Alcedinidae > member of genus Ceryle kingfisher1440 pied kingfisher?1606 belted kingfisher1782 1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 637 Belted Kingfisher. 1844 F. Marryat Settlers in Canada ix. 67 The belted kingfisher darted up and down. 1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau iii. 163 The splash of a belted kingfisher plopping into the cove a hundred yards off sounded as if someone had chucked a brick into the water. belted kingfisher Frequently with distinguishing word, as belted kingfisher, mangrove kingfisher, etc.extracted from kingfishern.adj.< as lemmas |
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