| 单词 | spur-winged plover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspur-winged plover spur-winged plover n. any species of Chettusia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > member of genus Vanellus > vanellus spinosus (spur-winged) spur-winged plover1760 teru-tero1839 1760 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. II. Pl. 280 The black-brested spur-winged Plover. 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 213 Spur-winged Plover, Charadrius spinosus. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. 45 The spur-winged plover, and a species of the curlew,..frequently rise before you. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 284/2 The Spur-winged Plovers..are very numerous and exceedingly noisy. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 507 Allied to the Lapwing are several forms..Hoplopterus spinosus, the Spur-winged Plover. 1899 F. V. Kirby Sport E. Central Afr. i. 4 The spur-winged plovers not only warn the crocodiles,..but act as tooth-picks for the saurians. < as lemmas |
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