| 单词 | rain crow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrain crow rain crow n. any of several New World cuckoos; esp. (a) U.S. the yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, and the black-billed cuckoo, C. erythrophthalmus; (b) Caribbean the mangrove cuckoo, Coccyzus minor, and the great lizard cuckoo, Saurothera merlini (cf. rainbird n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > member of genus Coccyzus mangrove cuckoo1782 rain crow1806 yellow-billed cuckoo1811 cow-bird1828 1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 16 July in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1993) VIII. 112 I saw both yesterday and today the Cookkoo or as it is sometimes called the rain craw. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 190 American cuckoos..are..noted for their loud jerky cries, which they are supposed to utter most frequently in falling weather, whence their popular name, ‘rain crow’. 1960 J. Bond Birds W. Indies (ed. 3) 115 Mangrove Cuckoo Coccygus minor. Local names: Rain Bird; Rain Crow; [etc.]. 1983 J. Wilcox Mod. Baptists xxv. 178 Burma just stood there..frowning at..the Audubon print of a rain crow. < as lemmas |
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