单词 | bush-hawk |
释义 | > as lemmasbush-hawk bush-hawk n. the New Zealand falcon, Falco novæseelandiæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > other types of carrion-kite1581 chickenhawk?a1775 New Zealand falcon1781 shaheen1839 falconet1851 prairie falcon1858 Eleonora falcon1859 quail hawk1873 bush-hawk1882 longwing1964 1882 W. L. Buller Man. Birds N.Z. 2 The Bush-Hawk is generally met with on the outskirts of the woods. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 54 No Kestrel is found in New Zealand, but an approach to the form is made by the very peculiar Hieracidea (or Harpe) novæ-zelandiæ..the ‘Sparrow-Hawk’, ‘Quail-Hawk’, and ‘Bush-Hawk’ of the colonists. < as lemmas |
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