单词 | rattlewings |
释义 | > as lemmasrattlewings rattlewings n. (also rattlewing) English regional (now rare) the goldeneye duck, Bucephala clangula. ΚΠ 1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds III. 274 The boat-shooters [near Yarmouth]..are well acquainted with the Golden Eye, or Rattle-wings, as they call it. 1879 T. Southwell Lubbock's Observ. Fauna Norfolk (ed. 2) 159 (note) Provincial, ‘Rattlewing’. 1894 D. Jordan Within Hour of London (ed. 3) 153 The morillon or rattle-wings. < as lemmas |
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