| 单词 | blue robin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue robin blue robin n. (a) U.S. the eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis, which has blue upperparts and a chestnut breast (now historical); (b) (usually with distinguishing word) any of several Old World chats of the genus Luscinia (family Muscicapidae), which have blue upperparts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Sialia bluebird1694 blue robin1807 mountain bluebird1861 1807 W. Bullock Compan. Liverpool Mus. (ed. 5) 46 Blue Robin red breast, (Motacilla Sialis, Lin.) Inhabits Virginia and Carolina, as far as Louisiana, and the Bermuda islands. 1884 Harper's Mag. Mar. 610/1 Our New England forefathers call him the ‘blue robin’. 1932 M. Hachisuka et al. Hand-list Japanese Birds (rev. ed.) 68 Pallas's Blue Robin, Siberian Bluechat. 1994 B. F. Shearer & B. S. Shearer State Names, Seals, Flags & Symbols (rev. ed.) 183 This tiny bird was nicknamed the blue robin by early settlers because it reminded them of the English robin redbreast. 2011 J. Harrison Field Guide Birds Sri Lanka (ed. 2) 150 Indian Blue Robin Erithacus brunneus (Indian Blue Chat) (Luscinia brunnea). < as lemmas |
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