单词 | rock swallow |
释义 | > as lemmasrock swallow rock swallow n. now rare any of various swallows and martins that nest on cliffs; esp. the crag martin, Ptyonoprogne rupestris; cf. rock martin n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Hirundo > other types of rock swallow1783 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 569 Hirundo rupestris,..Rock Sw[allow]. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 7 Lark and chat and rock-swallow leaped to wing. 1938 Bird-banding 6 162 (heading) Observations on the life history of the rock swallow. 2000 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 63 250 Despite Zoetmulder's initial identification of the didali as a kind of rock-swallow.., he is more careful in his dictionary. < as lemmas |
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