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单词 night-heron
释义 ˈnight-heron Ornith.
[f. night n. + heron.]
A heron of the genus Nycticorax, represented in Europe by N. griseus or europæus; the common American species is N. nævius or gardeni, the Qua-bird.
1784Pennant Arct. Zool. II. 450 Night Heron.1813Wilson Amer. Ornith. VII. 105 The food of the Night Heron, or Qua-bird, is chiefly composed of small fish.1831Rennie Montagu's Ornith. Dict. 338. 1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 189/1, I have frequently found upon the breast of the night-heron a yellow oily powder.
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