| 单词 | toy variety |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoy variety (a) As a modifier, designating any of numerous varieties of pigeon bred for the colour or pattern of their plumage (rather than for any other characteristic), or a bird of such a breed, as in toy pigeon, toy variety. Cf. sense 11a. ΚΠ 1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 117 They are by far the most pleasing of any of the toy Pigeons whatever. 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. vi. 187 Those pigeon-fanciers..yet admit that the so-called toy-pigeons, which differ from the rock-pigeon in little except in colour, are descended from this bird. 1877 Pet-stock, Pigeon & Poultry Bull. Feb. 217/1 This beautiful toy variety seem to be more cultivated in Baltimore than elsewhere. 1957 D. Le Roi Pigeons, Doves, & Pigeon-racing i. 15 So called because of the yellow or red crescent-shaped stripe on its breast and wings, the Crescent is a toy pigeon that originated in Saxony. < as lemmas |
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