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单词 boatbill
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boatbilln.

Brit. /ˈbəʊtbɪl/, U.S. /ˈboʊtˌbɪl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.1, bill n.2
Etymology: < boat n.1 + bill n.2 Compare later boat-billed adj. With boatbill flycatcher at sense 2a compare earlier boat-billed flycatcher n. at boat-billed adj. Compounds.
1. The boat-billed heron, Cochlearia cochlearia. Also boatbill heron.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > miscellaneous types of
boatbill1773
tiger-bittern1785
agami1793
long neck1823
soldado1852
cattle-egret1905
1773 T. Pennant Genera of Birds p. xxxi (table) Boatbill. Cancroma.
1836 Penny Cycl. V. 28/2 The common boat-bill is about the size of a domestic hen.
1862 J. G. Wood Nat. Hist. Birds 678 The very remarkable Boat-bill Heron inhabits Southern America.
1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xx. 237 Others stay there the year round, among these being the South American boatbill.
2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xxii. 540 This group [sc. Ciconiiformes] contains the boatbill,..the ubiquitous and varied storks; ibises and spoonbills; and the flamingos.
2.
a. Either of two insectivorous songbirds of the genus Machaerirhynchus, having large flat bills and found in the tropical rainforests of New Guinea and northern Australia. Also boatbill flycatcher.Traditionally included with the monarch flycatchers (family Monarchidae), the boatbills are now often placed in their own family, Machaerirhynchidae.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > miscellaneous groups or types
Strasbourg finch1783
oscines1853
New Zealand robin1855
lark bunting1858
boat-billed flycatcher1869
oscine1883
bush robin1901
antpitta1911
boatbill1930
parson bird1945
1930 G. M. Mathews Systema Avium Australasianarum ii. 506 Boat-bill Flycatcher.
1975 R. Schodde Interim List Austral. Songbirds: Passerines 36 Machaerirhynchus flaviventer Gould. Yellow-breasted Boatbill.
1986 K. Simpson & N. Day Field Guide Birds Austral. (ed. 2) 323 Monarch Flycatchers..are a group of forest- and woodland-dwelling insectivorous birds... Some are brightly coloured like the Yellow-breasted Boatbill.
2001 M. Strange Photogr. Guide Birds Indonesia 297 Black-breasted Boatbill... Unmistakable; the similar Yellow-breasted Boatbill, M. flaviventer, lacks black spot on breast and replaces this species below 800 m elevation.
b. The (American) boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua (family Tyrannidae). Also boatbill flycatcher. rare.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Tyrannidae (tyrant-bird)
flycatcher1678
tyrant1731
tyrant-flycatcher1783
tyrant-shrike1809
scissortail1827
tyrant-bird1888
boatbill1951
1951 Auk 68 33 That afternoon, for the first time in many days, I heard the male Boat-bill utter the loud, clear notes of his dawn song.
1992 Jrnl. Field Ornithol. 63 14 Location: Tamaulipas, Mexico... Boatbill Flycatcher.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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