单词 | redthroat |
释义 | > as lemmasred-throat red-throat adj. rare having a red throat. ΚΠ 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 52 The red-throat jay screamed not for nought. redthroat redthroat n. †(a) Caribbean = red-mouth n. (obsolete); (b) a brown Australian songbird, Pyrrholaemus brunneus (family Acanthizidae), the male of which has a reddish throat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Pomadysidae (grunts) > member of genus Haemulon grunta1705 red-mouth1704 porgy1725 margate1735 Margareta1757 redthroat1840 flannel-mouth1882 redgullet1890 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 296 Hæmulon has..the lower jaw compressed, opening very wide and of a bright red. Hence they are called ‘Red-throats’ in the West Indian Islands. 1896 B. Spencer Rep. Horn Sci. Exped. Central Austral. II. 84 Pyrrholaemus brunnea..Red-throat..was first found amongst the scrub at Hermannburg. 1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 194 The red-throat..a gifted songster, ranges from the Victorian Mallee country to Western Australia. 1984 M. Blakers et al. Atlas Austral. Birds 467 The Redthroat lives in acacia scrub and saltbush, specially along watercourses. < as lemmas |
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