| 单词 | winter falcon |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinter falcon winter falcon n. North American (now rare) the red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus; (sometimes also) the gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus; = winter hawk n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Buteo (buzzard) > buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk) hen hawk1742 winter falcon1785 red-shouldered buzzard?a1808 winter hawk1811 red-shouldered hawk1812 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 209 Winter Falcon... With a black bill; yellow cere:..appears at approach of winter, and retires in the spring. 1882 J. M. Wheaton in Rep. Geol. Surv. Ohio IV. i. 428 The Red-shouldered Buzzard, Hen Hawk or Winter Falcon, is common in all parts of the State. 1948 L. A. Hausman Birds of Prey Northeastern N. Amer. xix. 89 Falco rusticolus candicans. Also Called Gray Gyrfalcon, Greenland Falcon, Winter Falcon, White Hawk, Winterer, White Winter Hawk. < as lemmas |
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