| 单词 | sap-sucker |
| 释义 | > as lemmassap-sucker sap-sucker n. a name in North America for many of the smaller woodpeckers, esp. those of the genus Sphyropicus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Sphyrapicus (sap-sucker) sap-sucker1805 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > member of genus Picoides witwall1668 pianet1706 hairy woodpecker1731 sap-sucker1805 ladder woodpecker1870 ladder-back woodpecker1884 1805 M. Lewis & W. Clark Jrnl. 8 Apr. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 93 The only birds that I observed..was the Missouri magpie..the raven..the small wood pecker or sapsucker as they are sometimes called. 1808 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1831) I. 167 This, and the two former species [i.e. Picus varius, P. villosus, and P. pubescens] are generally denominated sap-suckers. 1834 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. II. 81 The Downy Woodpecker..is best known in all parts of the United States by the name of Sap-sucker. 1872 194 Genus Sphyrapicus Baird... Of the several small species commonly called ‘sapsuckers’ they alone deserve the name. 1941 Sun (Baltimore) 25 Jan. 6/1 The cardinals have been flashing to and fro, and the flickers and sapsuckers and the tiny snowbirds. 1962 T. A. Imhof Alabama Birds 329 These far-ranging woodland birds are called Peckerwoods and Sapsuckers in the South. 1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 June 13/2 A sapsucker tapped out an accompaniment on his favorite tree. < as lemmas |
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