单词 | robin-chat |
释义 | > as lemmasrobin-chat robin-chat n. †(a) an Asian flycatcher, Ficedula hyperythra (obsolete); (b) any of several chiefly African chats of or related to the genus Cossypha (family Muscicapidae), usually having a dark grey back and orange-red underparts; frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Cossypha (robin-chat) piet-my-vrou1835 Cape robin1867 Natal robin1901 robin-chat1923 1874 Jrnl. Ceylon Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. 5 i. 68 The robin-chat was chirping his goodnight in an orange tree hard by. 1885 H. Lansdell Russ. Central Asia II. (App. A) 521 (table) Irania albigula, n. (Bessonornis gutturalis, Guer.?) White-throated Robin Chat. 1923 A. K. Haagner & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life (rev. ed.) 170 The commonest member of the Robin-Chats is the ‘Cape’ species (Cossypha caffra) called the Cape Robin or Jan Fredric. 2005 Trav. Afr. Autumn 117/2 The orange-breasted bush-shrike and the white-headed robin-chat were spotted by scientists for the first time since 1957. < as lemmas |
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