| 单词 | stick-tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstick-tail stick-tail n. U.S. (now rare) a small stiff-tailed duck, Oxyura jamaicensis (family Anatidae); = ruddy duck n. (b) at ruddy adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > erismatura rubida (ruddy duck) pintail1674 saltwater or brown diving teal1678 ruddy goose1785 ruddy duck1800 dun diver1844 stick-tail1844 pin-tailed duck1851 ruddy1877 rudder duck1884 fool duck1888 hardhead1888 paddy1888 paddywhack1888 steel-head1888 hardhead1893 rudder bird1894 1844 J. P. Giraud Birds Long Island 394 Duck,Stick-tail. 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Sticktail, the ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida. 1901 G. B. Grinnell Amer. Duck Shooting 222 From its tail it is called stiff-tail, spine-tail,..heavy-tailed duck, stick-tail and dip-tail diver. 1956 Kingbird Oct. 80 Ruddy duck..stick-tail. < as lemmas |
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