单词 | red-necked sandpiper |
释义 | > as lemmasred-necked sandpiper red-necked sandpiper n. †(a) (also red-necked purre sandpiper) an immature dunlin, Calidris alpina (obsolete); (b) Australian and New Zealand = red-necked stint n. ΚΠ 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 183 Red-necked Purre Sandpiper. 1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 408 Red-necked sandpiper, the young of the Dunlin. 1904 F. W. Hutton & J. Drummond Animals N.Z. ii. 215 (heading) The Red-necked Sandpiper. Limonites ruficollis. 1923 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 54 493 The little stint and the red-necked sandpiper form such a pair. 2004 T. Wiltshire Gone to Rottnest xvii. 65 Rottnest is just one of several protected bird habitats in Western Australia that welcome around two million visitors annually. Some—like the Red-necked sandpiper—weigh no more than 30 grams, but annually make this epic 26,000 km round trip. < as lemmas |
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