释义 |
ˈdeath-bird A bird that feeds on dead bodies; a carrion-feeding bird; a bird supposed to bode death; a popular name of a small North American owl, Nyctala Richardsoni.
1821Shelley Prometh. Unb. i. 340. 1822 ― Hellas 1025 The death-birds descend to their feast. 1864T. Taylor Ballads of Brittany (1865) 93 Sudden I heard the death-bird's cry. |