A name given to several American species of herons which feed on small crabs; esp., in the West Indies, Ardetta or Butorides virescens.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > butorides virescens (green heron) (6) crab-catcher1699 A name given to several American species of herons which feed on small crabs; esp., in the West Indies, Ardetta or Butorides virescens. shitepoke1775 Any of several North American birds of the heron family, esp. the green heron, Butorides virescens, and the American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus. green heron1785 a small heron of North and Central America, Butorides virescens, with a dark greenish back and wings and a chestnut neck. poke1791 The green heron, Butorides striatus. Also: the American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus. crabier1825 = crab-catcher, n. 2. fly-up-the-creek1857 A popular name of the small green heron, Butorides virescens. Hence used as a nickname for an inhabitant of Florida. |
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