| 单词 | red kite |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred kite red kite n. a Eurasian kite, Milvus milvus, which has predominantly reddish-brown plumage and a deeply forked tail.The red kite was exterminated in most of Britain and has been the subject of several successful reintroductions. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > kites > genus Milvus (kite) gledec725 kitec725 pittelOE puttockc1175 milan1484 pipe gledea1525 kite-wolf1607 pew-glede1615 red kite1792 royal kite1792 milvine1885 fork-tail1893 shite-hawk1944 1792 N. Owen Caernarvonshire 71 I observed no birds in this region, except the red kite. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 491 In some districts this [sc. the black kite] is much commoner than the red kite. 1974 W. Condry Woodlands v. 68 Oakwoods of the Highland Zone are a characteristic habitat of the buzzard and, in Wales, of the red kite also. 2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales iv. 136/1 Keep an eye out, too, for red kite, with their distinctive forked tail, quartering the skies above. < as lemmas |
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