| 单词 | swift tern |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswift tern swift cut n. = speedy cut n. at speedy adj. 7; also in names of species of animals distinguished by swift running or flight, as swift lizard, swift snake, swift swallow, swift tern. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > cutting speedy cut1692 swift cut1725 swish cut1725 cut1831 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xlvii. 351 That Martinets have feet: like as also the swift Swallow called Oce. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique 5 Y 4 b/2 If Scabs be under his Knee on the inside, it is the Swift-Cut, and he will illy endure galloping. 1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. i. 251 Swift Lizard. Lacerta Velox. 1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. ii. 510 Swift Snake. Coluber Cursor. 1817 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. i. 97 Swift Swallow (Hirundo Velox). 1889 H. Saunders Man. Brit. Birds 640 The Swift Tern. S[terna] bergii of Lichtenstein (S. velox of Rüppell). < as lemmas |
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