单词 | high-hole |
释义 | high-hole/ˈhʌɪhəʊl/US. Now rare noun The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus, a brownish woodpecker with a spotted underside and a black crescent on the breast, found in North and Central America.
OriginEarly 19th century; earliest use found in Alexander Wilson (1766–1813), ornithologist and poet. Folk-etymological alteration of hickwall, after high and hole, perhaps on account of the typical location of its nest inside a nesting hole in a tree. |
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