单词 | california partridge |
释义 | > as lemmasCalifornia partridge C1. Used attributively, esp. in the names of various species of animals and plants; = Californian adj.; California partridge n. or California quail Lophortyx californica. ΚΠ 1831 F. W. Beechey Narr. Voy. to Pacific II. 81 The California quail (tetrao virginianus). 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 108 A few hides were brought down, which we carried off in the California style. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 109 Telling us that it was ‘California fashion’ to carry two on the head at a time. 1846 in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. V. 380 I begin to conclude that californea Horses are not a hardy race of animals. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 518 California Hawk. Buteo Cooperii. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 363 Ferrugineous Buzzard, or California Squirrel Hawk. 1881 Appletons' Ann. Cycl. 1880 312/2 Ceanothus thyrsiflorus is a small tree producing an abundance of light blue flowers, and known as the California lilac. 1891 F. F. Victor Atlantis Arisen 225 The California poppy, Eschscholtzia, is found in Southern Oregon. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 Apr. 6/3 A California grey whale, the first to be captured off the Island coast, has been brought in to the Sechart whaling station. 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 July 4/4 My attention has been drawn recently to some California poppies, growing on the roadside along the Malahat [Road]. 1927 C. M. Russell Trails plowed Under 3 A high-forked, full-stamped California saddle. 1967 ‘E. Queen’ Face to Face xxi. 96 A bottle of undistinguished California burgundy. < as lemmas |
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