| 单词 | savannah bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmassavannah bird savannah bird n. either of two birds of savannah or grassland in the New World; (a) the grasshopper sparrow, Ammodrammus savannarum; cf. savannah finch n. (a); (b) the smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani; cf. savannah blackbird n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > member of genus Crotophaga > crotophaga ani savannah bird1694 savannah blackbird1756 keel-bill1811 black witch1837 tick-bird1850 tick-eater1903 1694 J. Ray in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 200 In referring the Savanna bird to the Lark-kind. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 306 The Savanna Bird..is four Inches long [etc.]. 1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 242 Tichicro. Grass Pink, or Savanna bird.—Rob. Coturniculus tixicrus. 1905 Queensland Parl. Papers II. 129 A report was furnished on the question of introducing..Pitangus sulphuratus and Crotophaga ani (the Savannah Bird) into Queensland. 1960 J. Bond Birds W. Indies (ed. 3) 241 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodrammus savannarum. Local names: Savanna Bird; Grassdodger; Grasspink; ‘Tichicro’. < as lemmas |
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