单词 | rusty blackbird |
释义 | > as lemmasrusty blackbird rusty blackbird n. a North American blackbird, Euphagus carolinus (family Icteridae), breeding in Canada and Alaska and having largely grey-black plumage which is extensively tipped with brown in winter. ΚΠ 1832 T. Nuttall Man. Ornithol. U.S. & Canada: Land Birds 199 Rusty blackbird. (Quiscalus ferrugineus, Bonap. Gracula ferruginea, Wilson.) 1870 Amer. Naturalist 4 52 There have been two, and part of the time three, Rusty Blackbirds constantly about one of my barns. 1965 E. Richardson Living Island 63 There isn't much to praise in the rusty blackbird's appearance. 2004 Canad. Geographic Jan. 46/1 A catalogue of 40 unfortunate species, from the olive-sided flycatcher..to the rusty blackbird (down an alarming 10.7 percent). < as lemmas |
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