| 释义 |
rough-legged, a.
[rough a.]
Having hairy or feathered legs; esp. of birds: having the tarsi feathered.
1611Cotgr., Coq de bois, a blacke, and rough-legd Moore⁓cocke. 1691Lond. Gaz. No. 2647/4 A chesnut Gelding.., rough Legg'd, having all his Paces. 1776Pennant Brit. Zool. II. App. 529 Roughleg'd Falcon. This species is a native of Denmark. 1811A. Wilson Amer. Ornith. IV. 60 The Rough-legged Hawk measures twenty-two inches in length. 1830Cumb. Farm Rep. 57 Husb. III. (L.U.K.), The farm horses in greatest repute in this district are the rough-legged Clydesdale or Lanarkshire breed. 1840Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 171 The Rough-legged Buzzard... One of the most widely diffused of Birds. 1896R. Lydekker Brit. Mammals 42 The rough-legged bat, vespertilio dasycneme. |