| 释义 |
> as lemmaswhistler-duck Applied locally to various species, as the golden-eye or whistle-wing (see whistle n. Compounds 2; also whistler-duck), the widgeon, the ring-ouzel, the lapwing. Also spec. used of some nocturnal bird having a whistling note believed to be of ill omen: when flying in a flock, called the seven whistlers.< |