单词 | water-piet |
释义 | > as lemmaswater-piet water-piet n. Scottish (now rare) the European dipper Cinclus cinclus; = piet n. 2c. [Compare earlier water ouzel n.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Cinclidae > cinclus aquaticus (dipper) dippera1425 water ouzel1622 waterthrush1668 water crake1676 water blackbird1678 piet1804 water crow1804 water-piet1804 water cock1806 ducker1837 dipper-bird1894 1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 16 (heading) Water Ouzel. Water Crow, Dipper, or Water Piot. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 30 Dipper... The white breast and blackish upper plumage have caused it to be called Piet (Scotland). Water piet (Scotland). 1907 Country Life 22 June 903/1 The most familiar British names for this bird are dipper, water-crow, water-piet and Bessy Ducker. < as lemmas |
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