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单词 chicken-eater
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chicken-eater
chicken-eater n. Obsolete rare (a) the Mauritius kestrel, Falco punctatus, a falcon endemic to the forests of Mauritius; (b) U.S. the peregrine falcon, F. peregrinus. [In sense (a) apparently after French mangeur de poule.] Cf. chickenhawk n. 1.
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1775 J. Parish tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Voy. Island Mauritius 69 There is a specious of sparrow-hawk, called the Chicken-eater; it is also said to eat grasshoppers.
1870 P. Gillmore tr. G. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 578 The Peregrine Falcon..inhabits North America, where it is frequently called the Chicken-eater.
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