| 单词 | wood swallow |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswood swallow wood swallow n. (a) = swallow-shrike n. at Compounds 2b; (b) = tree swallow n. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Artamidae (wood swallow) butcherbird1827 wood swallow1869 swallow-flycatcher1885 swallow-shrike1887 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Tachycineata violet-green swallow1858 wood swallow1869 tree swallow1873 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. 338 The curious wood-swallows (Artami), which closely resemble swallows in their habits and flight..twitter from the tree-tops. 1887 [see swallow-shrike n. at Compounds 2b]. 1889 C. Lumholtz Among Cannibals 28 I shot a young cuckoo..which was fed by four wood-swallows, (Artamus sordidus). 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 774/1 The white-breasted or wood-swallow..is called tree-swallow in some regions, because it nests in hollow trees. wood swallow wood swallow n. ΚΠ 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 37 Wood-Swallows (Artamidæ). < as lemmas |
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