| 单词 | rufous-edged |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrufous-edged a. Parasynthetic, as rufous-coloured, rufous-edged, rufous-tinged, etc. ΚΠ 1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 661/2 It lays 10 or 12 rufous-coloured eggs. 1866 J. T. Newall Eastern Hunters 30 Norman's quick eye lighted for a single second on a rufous coloured mass. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 171 The quills and tail feathers are more extensively rufous-edged. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 215 Upper tail coverts white, rufous-tinged. 1895 W. Robinson Flying Visit Tropics vi. 122 Above Yeguas I saw the same kinds of sparrow-hawks and rufous-winged buzzards that I had seen when here two weeks ago. 1905 A. H. Beavan Fishes I have Known vi. 103 A genuine old-fashioned pike-lure, consisting of the tip of a rufous-coloured calf's tail. 1950 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 102 68 Both armouri and flavida are, of course, more nearly related to Antillean forms than they are to the rufous headed ‘Mangrove Warblers’..of Central America. 1988 Animal Behaviour 36 264/1 To represent this range we made models of the same overall darkness but with three types of spots: (a) green spotted..; (b) brown spotted..; (c) rufous spotted. 2006 M. O'Brien Shorebird Guide 332/1 Breeding males have a more rufous-tinged nape. < as lemmas |
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