单词 | shikra |
释义 | shikran. A small Indian hawk, Astur badius, sometimes used in falconry. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Accipiter > other types of shikra1839 1839 T. C. Jerdon in Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 10 83 Accipiter dukhunensis, Sykes..Chiquera or Shikra H.; the male chipka.—Common sparrow-hawk. 1839 T. C. Jerdon in Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 10 83 The Shikra is very commonly reclaimed. 1852 R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley of Indus ii. 15 The Shikrah and her tiercel the Chipak are our common English sparrow-hawks. 1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. iv. 157 Astur badius, the Shikra,..is blue-grey [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1839 |
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