单词 | semp |
释义 | sempn. A name in Trinidad for a variety of tanager, Euphonia (formerly Tanagra) violacea, which is sometimes kept as a songbird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Thraupinae (tanager) > other types of magpie shrike1781 organist1793 semp1937 magpie tanager1958 1937 Ibis 1 532 Tanagra violacea lichtensteini..Semp. Common in Trinidad, and observed..in Tobago on one occasion only... The male is a good singer, and on that account favoured by the natives as a cage-bird. 1961 G. A. C. Herklots Birds Trinidad & Tobago 253 Semp or Louis d'Or simple Tanagra violacea rodwayi. 1966 K. S. La Fortuné in J. Figueroa Caribbean Voices I. i. 18 And heard Soul-stirring melodies From the semp's throat. 1968 K. S. La Fortuné Legend of T-Marie viii. 32 Semps, Acravats and Taraudeas sang as they flew over him. 1990 Guardian 24 May 22/6 Like the semp that flew up from the carpet of quailed fruit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1937 |
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