| 释义 |
pictarnie Sc.|pɪkˈtɑːnɪ|
Also 9 pic-, picketarney, pickaternie, (piccatarrie).
[dim. of prec.: see -ie.]
The common tern, Sterna fluviatilis. Also locally, the Arctic tern, S. macrura.
1802G. Montagu Ornith. Dict. (1833) 508 Common Tern..Provincial, Pirr..Tarney or Pictarney. 1816Scott Antiq. xxxix, ‘It's but a sea-maw.’ ‘It's a pictarnie, sir’, said Edie. 1835D. Smith Emigrant's Farew. 17 Wild ducks and pictarnies may play on the stream. 1899Shetl. News 14 Jan. (E.D.D.), The graceful and elegant tern, the ‘piccatarrie’ of our beaches and lochs. |