| 单词 | whiskered flycatcher |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhiskered flycatcher b. Of animals: see whisker n.1 5; spec. as a descriptive appellation of particular species, as whiskered auk, whiskered flycatcher, whiskered shrike, whiskered tern. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > moustache-like > having hair round mouth whiskered1764 moustached1835 mystacinous1839 1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane ii. 56 The whisker'd vermine-race. 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 364 Whiskered Fl[ycatcher]. 1788 W. Cowper Death Mrs. Throckmorton's Bulfinch 35 A beast..Long-back'd, long-tail'd, with whisker'd snout. 1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. 298 Whiskered Shrike. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 309 Whiskered (Mystacinum), when the upper lip is furnished with whiskers (Mystax), or bearded. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 342 Whiskered Auk…two series..of filamentous white feathers on each side of head. 1897 R. B. Sharpe Hand-bk. Birds Great Brit. IV. 8 The Whiskered Tern is an accidental visitor to the British Islands. < as lemmas |
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