单词 | waldrapp |
释义 | waldrappn. The hermit ibis, Geronticus eremita, found in parts of North Africa and the Middle East. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) > member of (ibis) > miscellaneous types of snipe?a1475 scythe-bill1678 glossy ibis1785 hadada1801 black curlew1829 pelican ibis1881 waldrapp1924 1924 W. L. Sclater Systema Avium Ethiopicarum 35 Waldrapp..Morocco, Tunis, and Asia Minor; formerly in Switzerland and other parts of southern Europe. 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 390/1 The Hermit Ibis (or Waldrapp)..is a bird of dry country, feeding largely on beetles and nesting in colonies on cliffs. 1970 New Scientist 3 Sept. 457/1 The waldrapp..has a strong, unpleasant odour. 1976 G. Durrell Stationary Ark iv. 81 The Waldrapp..is a medium-sized ibis, with a long curved beak, sombre black plumage.., a bare reddish-coloured face and a strange crest of long feathers on the back of its head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1924 |
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