单词 | tiger-bird |
释义 | > as lemmastiger-bird tiger-bird n. (a) a South American scansorial barbet: = thick-head n. 2(b); (b) = tiger-bittern n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Capitonidae (barbet) barbet1824 tiger-bird1825 thick-head1837 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. ii. 136 The small Tiger-bird... The throat, and part of the head, are a bright red; the breast and belly have black spots on a yellow ground. 1879 J. G. Wood Explan. Index in C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. (1882) 474 The Tiger-Bird utters its cry in the early morning and late in the evening. < as lemmas |
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