单词 | seedsnipe |
释义 | > as lemmasseedsnipe seedsnipe n. any of the superficially grouse-like wading birds of the South American genera Attagis and Thinocorus (family Thinocoridae), which feed on leaves and buds and have a snipe-like pattern of flight; also with distinguishing word.Anatomically these birds show some similarities to songbirds and game birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of (miscellaneous) painted snipe1811 pressiroster1842 seedsnipe1889 crab plover1893 1889 P. L. Sclater & W. H. Hudson Argentine Ornithol. II. 176 Thinocoridæ, or Seed-snipes. 1957 Ecol. Monogr. 27 209/2 The sudden whir of a flock of seed snipe taking wing causes vicuñas to raise their heads. 2004 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 1 May 22 We came across a species we had really wanted, Grey-breasted seedsnipe, a cross between a wader and a gamebird. < as lemmas |
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