| 单词 | skunk bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskunk bird skunk bird n. chiefly U.S. the bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, the male of which is black with a yellowish nape and white markings on the wings and back; cf. skunk blackbird n. [After Cree (Woods) sikāk-pithīsiw (cited in the same work as quot. 1831; < sikāk skunk (cognate with the Algonquian words cited in the main etymology) + pithīsiw thunderbird).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Dolichonyx (bobolink) ortolan1666 ricebird1709 reed-bird1764 bobolink1774 rice bunting1781 butter bird1790 October bird1793 skunk blackbird1829 skunk bird1831 rice troupial1836 meadow-wink1884 1831 W. Swainson & J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana II. 279 This singular bird..is termed by the Cree Indians ‘Skunk-bird’, from the similarity it bears to the quadruped of that name in its white markings. 1951 New Castle (Pa.) News 6 Sept. 5/2 Our bobolink..is known variously as reedbird, skunkbird, rice-bird, ortolan and others far less flattering. 2016 @PatheticRambler 18 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Finally identified the skunk bird hanging around the acreage. It's called a #Bobolink. < as lemmas |
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