英语词汇“sappho comet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. Ornithology. In full Sappho comet. A large South American hummingbird found in the central Andes, Sappho sparganura, which has a green head, violet back and rump, and (in the male) a long, deeply forked reddish-gold tail with black bars. Cf. comet n. 3.

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1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 272/1 [Humming-Birds] 11th Race. The Sapphos.

1852 J. Gould Monogr. Trochilidæ (1861) III. Pl. 174 (heading) Cometes sparganurus. The Sappho Comet.

1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 250 In the lands where the Sappho lives, putrefaction takes place with such rapidity, that a delay of a few hours is fatal to the perfection of the skin.

1901 E. Selous Beautiful Birds viii. 133 Another Humming-bird—the Sappho Comet—is about the same size as the last one, and he is a lovely gleaming green.

1961 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Post 16 Sept. 12/4 The sappho comet is one of the numerous hummers of the Andes.

2013 Eye for Art (National Gallery Art U.S.) i. 8/2 Three hummingbirds, a Sappho Comet (green with a yellow throat and brilliant red tail feathers) and two Brazilian Amethysts (green with pink throats).

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释义	> as lemmas Sappho comet 1. Ornithology. In full Sappho comet. A large South American hummingbird found in the central Andes, Sappho sparganura, which has a green head, violet back and rump, and (in the male) a long, deeply forked reddish-gold tail with black bars. Cf. comet n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) > genus Sappho Sappho1843 comet1852 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 272/1 [Humming-Birds] 11th Race. The Sapphos. 1852 J. Gould Monogr. Trochilidæ (1861) III. Pl. 174 (heading) Cometes sparganurus. The Sappho Comet. 1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 250 In the lands where the Sappho lives, putrefaction takes place with such rapidity, that a delay of a few hours is fatal to the perfection of the skin. 1901 E. Selous Beautiful Birds viii. 133 Another Humming-bird—the Sappho Comet—is about the same size as the last one, and he is a lovely gleaming green. 1961 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Post 16 Sept. 12/4 The sappho comet is one of the numerous hummers of the Andes. 2013 Eye for Art (National Gallery Art U.S.) i. 8/2 Three hummingbirds, a Sappho Comet (green with a yellow throat and brilliant red tail feathers) and two Brazilian Amethysts (green with pink throats). extracted from Sapphon. < as lemmas
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