One or other species of the genus Iynx of small migratory scansorial picoid birds; esp. the common species, Iynx torquilla, distinguished by its…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > jynx torquilla (wryneck) (14) wryneck1585 One or other species of the genus Iynx of small migratory scansorial picoid birds; esp. the common species, Iynx torquilla, distinguished by its… jynxa1657 A bird, the wryneck (Jynx or Iynx torquilla); also called yunx, n. yunx1694 = jynx, n. 1. barley-bird1766 name given locally to various birds appearing about the time of barley-sowing, as the wryneck, siskin, greenfinch, and sometimes the nightingale. long tongue1822 English regional. The wryneck, Jynx torquilla. Obsolete. cuckoo's mate1831 = cuckoo-maid n. snake-bird1831 dialect. The wryneck, Iynx torquilla. pea-bird1838 The northern wryneck, Jynx torquilla. Now English regional (southern). writheneck1840 A bird of the genus Jynx; = wryneck, n. 1a. rinding-bird1849 the wryneck, Jynx torquilla. weet-bird1863 the wryneck. mackerel bird1879 (a) Channel Islands (Guernsey), the wryneck, Jynx torquilla; (b) a young kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla. felling bird1883 the wryneck, Jynx torquilla. turkey-bird1885 local name of the wryneck, and of the turnstone. |
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