单词 | short-toed |
释义 | short-toedadj. Having short toes; esp. in short-toed lark, any of various larks of the genera Calandrella and Spizocorys, which comprise small gregarious birds widely distributed in Europe, Africa, and Asia, esp. in deserts and steppes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of toes or claws > having particular type of zygodactylous1828 yoke-toed1831 zygodactyl1831 anisodactylic1834 zygodactylic1835 lark-heeled1837 short-toed1837 heterodactylous1854 pair-toed1868 sympelmous1885 pamprodactylous1889 pigeon-toed1890 pamprodactyl1934 synpelmous- the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Alaudidae > other types of short-toed lark1837 sand lark1867 sabota lark1884 bar-tailed lark1937 1837 J. Gould Birds Europe IV. Pl. 256 Short-toed Ptarmigan. 1863 T. C. Jerdon Birds India II. i. 425 The short-toed Lark appears in India in October and November, in flocks. 1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds I. 198 The Short-toed Lark. 1933 Discovery July 224/1 The short-toed lark, whose protective colouring makes him almost invisible on sandy soil. 1963 Times 27 Feb. 11/6 Overhead range the 14 species of birds of prey, which breed here or within everyday range, including the imperial, short-toed and booted eagles. 1972 S. Ali & S. D. Ripley Handbk. Birds India & Pakistan V. 21 Short-toed Larks become excessively fat before emigration and are then netted everywhere in vast quantities. 1980 Howard & Moore Compl. Checklist Birds of World 347/1 Spizocorys starki (Stark's Short-toed Lark). Angola to W. Transvaal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1837 |
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