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单词 longspur
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Definition of longspur in English:

longspur

nounˈlɒŋspəːˈlôNGˌspər
  • A mainly Canadian songbird related to the buntings, with brownish plumage and a boldly marked head in the male.

    Genus Calcarius, family Emberizidae (subfamily Emberizinae): three or four species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A similar ‘group hysteria,’ he adds, gripped hundreds of birders in California, who for days mistakenly took a skylark for a Smith's longspur.
    • To address that, we experimentally parasitized longspur nests with real and wooden cowbird eggs to determine whether longspurs eject cowbird eggs.
    • Nevertheless, the ejection of nonmimetic eggs by longspurs suggests they are physically capable of removing cowbird eggs, yet they accepted all cowbird eggs added to their nests.
    • Unlike most birds with different breeding and non-breeding plumages, longspurs molt only once a year.
    • I noticed a burned field, and I hoped for longspurs.
    • The record for numbers of notes in a stereotyped pattern might well go to some species of lark or longspur, or some other open-country bird whose songs often include scores of different notes.
    • Burrowing arid short-eared owls, Baird's and LeConte's sparrows, chestnut-collared longspurs, and Sprague's pipits are often spotted as well as the western meadowlark, the Montana state bird.
    • Nests were checked every one to three days for evidence of rejection until an experimental egg was rejected or the longspur's eggs hatched.
    • Long-billed curlews, burrowing owls, chestnut-collared and McCowan's longspurs summer in the park.
    • Some common shorebirds and seabirds in the Southern Arctic are the semi-palmated plover, northern phalarope, lapland longspur, parasitic jaeger, and semi-palmated plover.
 
 

Definition of longspur in US English:

longspur

nounˈlôNGˌspər
  • A mainly Canadian songbird related to the buntings, with brownish plumage and a boldly marked head in the male.

    Genus Calcarius, family Emberizidae (subfamily Emberizinae): three or four species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nests were checked every one to three days for evidence of rejection until an experimental egg was rejected or the longspur's eggs hatched.
    • Unlike most birds with different breeding and non-breeding plumages, longspurs molt only once a year.
    • Nevertheless, the ejection of nonmimetic eggs by longspurs suggests they are physically capable of removing cowbird eggs, yet they accepted all cowbird eggs added to their nests.
    • The record for numbers of notes in a stereotyped pattern might well go to some species of lark or longspur, or some other open-country bird whose songs often include scores of different notes.
    • Burrowing arid short-eared owls, Baird's and LeConte's sparrows, chestnut-collared longspurs, and Sprague's pipits are often spotted as well as the western meadowlark, the Montana state bird.
    • Some common shorebirds and seabirds in the Southern Arctic are the semi-palmated plover, northern phalarope, lapland longspur, parasitic jaeger, and semi-palmated plover.
    • A similar ‘group hysteria,’ he adds, gripped hundreds of birders in California, who for days mistakenly took a skylark for a Smith's longspur.
    • Long-billed curlews, burrowing owls, chestnut-collared and McCowan's longspurs summer in the park.
    • I noticed a burned field, and I hoped for longspurs.
    • To address that, we experimentally parasitized longspur nests with real and wooden cowbird eggs to determine whether longspurs eject cowbird eggs.
 
 
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