| 单词 | terek avocet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTerek avocet More fully, Terek sandpiper. A species of Sandpiper, Xenus cinereus, with a slightly recurved bill, found near the Caspian Sea, esp. about the mouth of the river Terek. Also called Terek avocet, Terek snipe, Terek godwit. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > unspecified and miscellaneous types smiring1655 gambetta1678 plover's page1771 gambet1776 Terek1785 plover's provider1892 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 155 Terek Sn[ipe]. 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 502 American and Terek Avoset... Terek. Scolopax cinerea. 1824 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. i. 83 Terek Godwit... This curious species is probably referable to a distinct genus, as its beak materially differs in form from that of the true Godwits. 1879 Ibis 3 152 The Terek Sandpiper arrived at our quarters [in Siberia] on the 8th of June. 1915 Brit. Birds IX. 69 Three Terek Sandpipers..were shot at Rye in the month of May, 1915. 1956 Ibis 98 161 The Terek Sandpiper thus becomes Tringa terek (Latham), the name Tringa cinerea being pre-occupied. 1982 Times 23 Mar. 10/5 Leicester Museum spent..£400 on a family of [stuffed] Terek sandpipers. < as lemmas |
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