单词 | birddom |
释义 | birddomn. The domain or world of birds; birds collectively. ΚΠ 1840 Spectator 4 Apr. 324/2 The Eagle-Queen had appointed to the office of prime minister a bird whose natural province and real duties were those of court-jester... Such was the state of the government in Birddom at the time to which we refer. 1884 G. M. Fenn Sweet Mace i. 5 All bird-dom breaks into song. 2012 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 8 Aug. l8 Last winter I found a frozen cardinal head in a melting snow bank—that was the worst, a dreadful loss to birddom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1840 |
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