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| 单词 | tinkling grackle |
| 释义 | > as lemmastinkling grackle tinkling grackle n. Jamaican a Greater Antillean grackle of the Jamaican subspecies Quiscalus niger crassirostris (family Icteridae), a glossy black songbird with tinkling and grating calls. Cf. tinkling n.2 ΚΠ 1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 217 Tinkling Grakle. 1956 M. Jeffrey-Smith Bird-watching in Jamaica 79 But in May I have seen nests of petcharies and mocking birds on the same tree as those of the tinkling grackle. 1996 A. F. Skutch Orioles, Blackbirds, & their Kin x. 112 The Greater Antillean Grackle begins his song with two or three finely modulated, bell-like notes that degenerate into harsh, grating noises like those of ungreased cart wheels. The opening notes earn for him the name ‘tinkling grackle’ in Jamaica. < as lemmas |
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