| 单词 | seed eater |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseed eater seed eater n. any of the seed-eating songbirds, typically having strong conical bills, spec. (with distinguishing word) any of the small songbirds of the Central and South American genus Sporophila; (also more generally) any animal that feeds mainly on seeds.The genus Sporophila, traditionally included in the family Emberizidae, is now often included in the Thraupidae (tanagers). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > that eats specific things worm-fowlc1381 seed fowlc1500 thistle-eater1562 chipper1668 honeyeater1688 wheat-bird1747 falcon-fisher1759 worm-eater1760 bone-breaker1787 seed eater1820 carrion-bird1839 seed feeder1853 fish-tiger1879 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Tiaris (grass quit) seed eater1820 grassquit1847 1820–1 W. Swainson Zool. Illustr. I. Pl. 7 (heading) Hooded Seed-eater. 1879 G. N. Lawrence in Proc. U.S. National Mus. I. 355 Phonipara bicolor (Linn.)... ‘Mangeur des herbes’. Seed-eater. 1884 J. Burroughs in Cent. Mag. Dec. 220/1 Even the slate-coloured snow-bird, a seed-eater, comes and nibbles. 1968 I. W. Cornwall Prehistoric Animals & their Hunters ii. 58 The fauna was plentiful and varied, with rodent seed-eaters and ruminant grazers such as Bison. 1974 W. Condry Woodlands vii. 89 If autumn brings a mast year..the seed eaters may arrive in force, many of them chaffinches and bramblings from north Europe, feeding all day on the floor of the wood. 1992 E. Hoagland Wowlas & Coral in Balancing Acts 185 Red-vented woodpeckers and white-collared seedeaters perched in the trees. 2006 Bird Watching Aug. 124/3 Farmland sees an increase in smaller seedeaters, as town sparrows head out to join Yellowhammers and Chaffinches feasting on ripening grain. < as lemmas |
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