| 单词 | thunder-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthunder-bird thunder-bird n. (a) a species of Australian shrike or thickhead ( Pachycephala gutturalis); (b) a mythical bird thought by some preliterate peoples to cause thunder. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > types of mythical bird pelicanOE tiger1481 Stymphalid1560 roc1579 mamuque?1590 firebird1601 sunbird1616 ganzaa1633 cocklicrane1653 white bird1697 wakon-bird1778 simurgh1786 thunder-birda1827 huma1841 oozlum bird1858 lightning bird1870 jubjub1871 ho-ho bird1901 storm-bird1913 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Pachycephalinae > genus Pachycephala coach-whip1793 thunder-birda1827 coachman1827 olive whistler1911 a1827 Caley in Trans. Linn. Soc. 15 239 This species is called Thunder-bird by the colonists... The natives tell me, that, when it begins to thunder, this bird is very noisy. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. ix. 328 Among Caribs, Brazilians,..Basutos, we find legends of a flapping or flashing Thunder-bird. 1875 F. Parkman in N. Amer. Rev. CXX. 40 The thunder-bird is offended,..thunder-storms are occasioned by his anger. < as lemmas |
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