| 单词 | stone falcon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstone falcon stone falcon n. [ < German Steinfalke (Gesner)] a name for the merlin. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco columbarius (merlin) merlina1382 esalon1572 merlin hawk1572 stone falcon1656 stone hawk1736 pigeon hawka1782 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Stonefaulcon (Lithofalcus..) so called from the stones and rocks where she eyries, or builds her nest. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. ix. 80 The Stone-Falcon,..Falco Lapidarius. 1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 77 The Merlin..from this habit of perching on pieces of stone..has derived the name of Stone Falcon. < as lemmas |
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