单词 | snowy owl |
释义 | > as lemmassnowy owl snowy owl n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > nyctea nivea (snowy-owl) harfang1774 snowy owl1781 spotted owl1785 wapacuthu1785 snow-owl1811 snowy1904 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 132 Snowy Owl... The whole plumage is white as snow. 1876 Nature 19 Oct. 562/1 The additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens..include..two Snowy Owls (Nyctea nivea). 1895 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. IV. 162 The great snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca) cannot be confounded with any other member of the order, being the only representative of its genus. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。