| 单词 | wax-eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswax-eye wax-eye n. Australian and New Zealand = silver-eye n. at silver n. and adj. Compounds 2c; cf. zosterops n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Zosteropidae > genus Zosterops (white-eye) white-eye1837 zosterops1867 blight-bird1870 ringeye1871 wax-eye1874 greeny1890 1874 A. Bathgate Colonial Experiences xvii. 239 While some species are seemingly dying out, others, such as the moko-moko and the wax-eye..appear to be increasing. 1957 J. Frame Owls do Cry ix. 39 The wax-eyes hungry for honey, will make their green and yellow cloud to follow her. < as lemmas |
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