A bird of the Snipe family (Tringa canutus), also called Red-breasted Sandpiper; it breeds within the Arctic Circle, but is common on the British…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Calidris > calidris canutus (knot) (7) knot1452 A bird of the Snipe family (Tringa canutus), also called Red-breasted Sandpiper; it breeds within the Arctic Circle, but is common on the British… gnat1616 A kind of Sandpiper (Tringa canutus); see also quot. 1864. marl1699 Originally: a bird (not identified) compared to the knot. Later: the knot, Calidris canutus. sea-snipe1767 A local name for several of the sandpipers, as the dunlin, and the knot. greyback1813 An animal having a greyish back. U.S. Any of several wading birds; esp. the (red) knot, Calidris canutus, in winter plumage. Now historical. red-breasted sandpiper1813 (a) North American the red knot, Calidris canutus, in breeding plumage; (b) the short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus (rare). grey plover1885 any of several wading birds that are greyish in their winter plumage; spec. an Arctic-breeding plover, Pluvialis squatarola, which has a black breast… |
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