| 单词 | Australian magpie |
| 释义 | Australian magpie (once / 1074483 pages) n WORD FAMILY Australian magpie: Australian magpies USAGE EXAMPLESAustralian magpies are known to attack people during August and September - a period of time nicknamed "swooping season" - while their chicks are in the nest. BBC(Oct 11, 2016) Just as they approached, an Australian magpie perched upon a tree, and I shot it to show the effect of our firearms. MacGillivray, John, Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. R...(2010) What do you want?” and was relieved to find that the somewhat inhospitable interrogation only proceeded from two Australian magpies. Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), The Hawaiian Archipelago(2010) n black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies Hypo|Hyper butcherbird large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns bell magpie, currawongbluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call Gymnorhina tibicen, piping crow, piping crow-shrikecrow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus |
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