| 单词 | rock snipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock snipe rock snipe n. U.S. regional the purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima; cf. rock plover n., rock sandpiper n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Calidris > calidris maritima (purple sandpiper) stone-pecker1731 red-legged sandpiper1785 red-leg1798 purple sandpiper1802 rock snipe1835 rock sandpiper1842 rock-bird1917 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Calidris > calidris ptilocnemis (rock sandpiper) rock snipe1835 rock sandpiper1842 1835 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. III. 558 Their marked predilection for rocky shores has caused them to be named ‘Rock Snipes’ by the gunners of our eastern coast. 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 182 It is the Rock-bird, Rock-Plover, and Rock Snipe at Rowley and Salem, Mass. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 232 Purple Sandpiper... Other Names.—Rock Sandpiper; Rock Snipe. 1956 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 40 19 Purple Sandpiper... Rock Snipe (Maine, Mass. It frequents sea-washed rocks.). < as lemmas |
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