| 单词 | starthroat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstarthroat starthroat n. any of several hummingbirds of the genus Heliomaster, having a long bill and a patch of metallic reddish-purple on the throat of adult males. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) > genus Heliomaster (star-throat) starthroat1862 1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 243 The Star-throats. 1972 A. F. Skutch Stud. Trop. Amer. Birds 61 I watched a starthroat collect cobweb from the walls of our house, then fly away so swiftly that I could never trace her course to the nest she was evidently building. 2001 S. L. Williams Field Guide Hummingbirds N. Amer. 11 Known as starthroats because of the gorget pattern of the southernmost species, the four members of this genus [sc.Heliomaster] all have very long bills. < as lemmas |
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