单词 | wood-dove |
释义 | wood-doven. = wood pigeon n. Also applied to certain South African birds allied to this (see quots. 1875-841, 1875-842, 1875-843). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba palumbus (wood-pigeon) cushata700 culverc825 wood-culvera1100 wood-dovec1386 queest?1440 ringed dove?1533 ring-dove1538 wood-quest1543 wood pigeon1668 ring pigeon1776 woodie1947 c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 59 The wodedowue vpon a spray She sang ful loude and cleere. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 531/2 Wode Dowe, or stokk dowe, palumba. c1530 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols, & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 114 Whan..curlews cary clothes,..& woddowes were wodknyffis, theves to kyll,..Than put in a woman your trust & confidence. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer v. 92 While the soft-murm'ring am'rous Wood-Dove cooes. 1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 287 Columbas Œnas... Stock Dove. Wood Dove. c1843 T. Carlyle Hist. Sketches (1898) 74 Melodious as the voice of wood-doves. 1875–84 Layard's Birds S. Afr. 564 Haplopelia larvata. Rufous-breasted Wood-Dove. 1875–84 Layard's Birds S. Afr. 570 Chalcopelia afra. Emerald-spotted Wood Dove. 1875–84 Layard's Birds S. Afr. 571 Tympanistria tympanistria. White-breasted Wood Dove. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1386 |
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