| 单词 | yellow-billed cuckoo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow-billed cuckoo yellow-billed cuckoo n. a cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, with brown upperparts, white underparts, and a yellow bill with black markings on the upper mandible, which breeds in North American and Mexico and migrates to South America in the winter.Also called cow bird and rain crow. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > member of genus Coccyzus mangrove cuckoo1782 rain crow1806 yellow-billed cuckoo1811 cow-bird1828 1811 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. IV. 13 Yellow-billed cuckoo..is both shy and solitary, seeking always the thickest foliage for concealment. 1868 T. F. Cronise Nat. Wealth Calif. 449 The Yellow-billed Cuckoo..is often called Rain Crow, on account of uttering its cackling noises so frequently before a rain, as to be considered a very good prophet. 1950 Chicago Tribune 6 July 8/5 Another insect on which the yellow billed cuckoo (the more common variety around here) feeds is the locust. 2013 Wilson Jrnl. Ornithol. 125 243 Yellow-billed Cuckoos..are uncommon in northwestern Mexico until late June. < as lemmas |
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