| 单词 | western marsh harrier |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswestern marsh harrier marsh harrier n. a large dark-backed harrier, Circus aeruginosus, of wetlands in Eurasia and North Africa (also western marsh harrier); (also, usually with distinguishing word) any of several related harriers that frequent marshes and reed beds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Circus (harrier) > circus aeruginosus (marsh harrier) pittelOE dunkite1533 harp1671 moor-buzzard1678 duck-hawk1812 dun pickle1817 marsh harrier1831 harpy1838 moor harrier1840 moor hawk1885 1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 315 Marsh Harrier, a name for the Moor Buzzard. 1873 C. Swainson Weather Folk-lore ii. 242 It is said in Wiltshire that the marsh harriers..alight in great numbers on the downs before rain. 1965 P. Wayre Wind in Reeds ix. 130 The marsh harrier..no longer breeds in the Broads. 1982 L. H. Brown et al. Birds of Afr. I. 364/2 Marsh Harrier..♀ with creamy breast-band might be confused with immature African Marsh Harrier C. ranivorus. 1992 Nat. World Autumn 34/3 It is hoped that the creation of extensive reedbeds will attract bittern, marsh harrier and bearded reedling. < as lemmas |
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