| 单词 | rock cormorant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock cormorant rock cormorant n. †(a) (perhaps) the shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, or a variety of the cormorant, P. carbo (obsolete); (b) a black and white cormorant, Phalacrocorax magellanicus, which breeds on the coasts of southern South America. ΚΠ a1682 Sir T. Browne in Notes & Lett. Nat. Hist. Norfolk (1902) 11 The Rock cormorant..breedeth in the rocks in northerne countries & cometh to us in the winter, somewhat differing from the other in largeness & whiteness under the wings. 1890 T. Southwell Stevenson's Birds Norfolk III. 291 Sir T. Browne's idea evidently was that the ‘rock cormorant’ was distinct from the bird which he knew to breed in trees in Norfolk. 1970 R. M. de Schauensee Guide Birds S. Amer. 21/1 Rock Cormorant Phalacrocorax magellanicus... Head, neck and upperparts glossy greenish black, breast and belly white. 2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia Island 51 The rock cormorant stays in the Falklands year-round and is not found on South Georgia. < as lemmas |
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