单词 | wedge-tail |
释义 | > as lemmaswedge-tail wedge-tail n. Australian the wedge-tailed eagle (see wedge-tailed adj.); = eagle-hawk n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > eagles > genus Aquila > aquila audax (wedge-tail) eagle-hawk1805 wedge-tail1935 1935 A. C. Chisholm Bird Wonders Austral. x. 102 The Wedge-tail is a formidable foe for any native mammal. 1965 H. Frauca Bk. Austral. Wild Life 93 Some cattlemen..suggested that the local wedgetails be classified as vermin because they were scratching the cattle. One cattleman said that two of his cows had been ‘badly scratched by them eagle-hawks’. 1974 D. Stuart Prince of my Country ii. 9 Watching the long effortless circling of the wedgetail high in the air. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Jan. 76/2 Australia is the only place in the whole world where the wedgetail eagle is known. < as lemmas |
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