A whimbrel or a curlew (genus Numenius).
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释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Numenius (miscellaneous) > numenius phaeopus (whimbrel) (10) spowe1519 A whimbrel or a curlew (genus Numenius). whimbrel1530 Applied to various small species of curlew, esp. the European Numenius phæopus. May-chick1577 = May-bird n. (c). jack curlew1770 the whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus; cf. curlew-jack n. at curlew, n. 3. May-bird1791 †(a) U.S. the dickcissel, Spiza americana (obsolete); (b) U.S. the bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus; (c) the whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus; (d) U.S.… tang-whaup1808 the whimbrel (Numenius phæopus). May-fowl1852 = May-bird n. (c). May jack1880 = May-bird n. (c). May curlew1885 = May-bird n. (c). crooked-bill marlin1886 the North American whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus. |
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