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单词 red-winged blackbird
释义

red-winged blackbird

noun

ˈred-ˌwiŋd- How to pronounce red-winged blackbird (audio)
: a North American blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) of which the adult male is black with a patch of bright scarlet at the bend of the wings bordered behind with yellow or buff

called also redwing blackbird

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Odds are good to spot a great blue heron and certainly a red-winged blackbird. Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2022 Researchers studying yellow warbler responses to the parasitic cowbird realized that red-winged blackbirds were eavesdropping and reacting too. Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2020 There were two swamp sparrows at Post Farm Marsh in Lenox, a red crossbill at Steepletop Reserve in New Marlborough, 105 red-winged blackbirds at Ashley Falls in Sheffield. BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2020 And what a photo: A solitary red-winged blackbird perches atop a leafless shrub. John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 July 2019 The results are almost too cute to be real: A red-winged blackbird small enough to serve as a larger predator's breakfast hitches a ride on the back of a bald eagle. Scottie Andrew And Saeed Ahmed, CNN, 9 July 2019 Walrath is not alone: Park spokeswoman Kelly Barkley says that during mating season, male red-winged blackbirds are fiercely territorial of their nests. USA TODAY, 5 June 2019 The spokeswoman for the park, Kelly Barkley, said that during the mating season male red-winged blackbirds are fiercely territorial of their nests. Amber Jayanth, Cincinnati.com, 4 June 2019 Ohio Cincinnati: Just like in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film, an Ohio woman reports that she was attacked twice in two nights by red-winged blackbirds at Voice of America Park in West Chester. USA TODAY, 5 June 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1769, in the meaning defined above

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