单词 | social weaver |
释义 | > as lemmassocial weaver social weaver n. (also social weaver bird) any of various small, colonially-nesting African weaver birds, esp. (usually) the sociable weaver, Philetairus socius, and (less commonly) either of two birds of the genus Pseudonigrita, Ps. arnaudi and Ps. cabainisi. ΚΠ 1840 R. M. Zornlin Recreations Physical Geogr. xviii. 305 But the nest of the publican, or social weaver bird, is yet more curious. 1900 Auk 17 190 Nests..are often exceedingly elaborate, retort-shaped affairs, or massed into compound structures.., as in the case of the Social Weaver Bird. 1963 Times 3 Aug. 7/7 Social weavers, Cape buntings, and wagtails flitted around the camp. 1996 Guardian 17 Sept. i. 16/7 The most obvious were the large colonies of social weavers and their huge, many-chambered nests woven into the branches of the camelthorn acacia tree. < as lemmas |
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