单词 | ring-bill |
释义 | > as lemmasring-bill ring-bill n. North American the ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris, which has a white band around its grey bill. ΚΠ 1835 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. III. 259 In shape, the Tufted Duck, or Ring-bill, as it is called in Kentucky, resembles the Scaup or Flocking Fowl. 1949 E. A. Kitchin Birds Olympic Penins. 46 Far better if they had been officially christened ‘ring-bill’, the common name used by the hunters. 2007 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 18 Oct. c10 A ring-bill is smaller than a redhead or bluebill, but the flight is similar. < as lemmas |
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