| 单词 | prey-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprey-bird prey-bird n. (a) poetic a bird of prey; (b) a bird that is the prey of another animal (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] bird of prey1340 fowl of chase1340 fowl of prey1340 fowl of ravin1340 accipitera1398 mittell1457 mittane?a1513 esalon1572 boyter1578 talenter1620 prey-bird1777 raptor1783 flesh-bird1796 raptorial1856 air pirate1885 1777 Beauties Nat. Hist. iv. 170 The females of prey birds are always of a superior size, more beautiful and lovely in shape and colour, as well as more fierce, generous, and strong than the males. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lxxxviii. 55 Unworthy of the prey-bird's maw. 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 15 The prey-birds and the wolves are gorged and sleep. 1998 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 265 1663/2 This study provides further evidence for a flexibility in the take-off by the prey-bird in the very first moment of a predator attack. < as lemmas |
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