| 单词 | coal goose |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal goose coal goose n. chiefly British regional a cormorant.The distinction made between the cole-goose and the great black cormorant in quot. 1854 appears to be erroneous. ΚΠ 1704 J. Chamberlayne Chamberlayne's Angliæ Notitia (ed. 21) i. iv. 39 For wholsom substantial Food..What abundance are here of Hens,..Wild-Geese, Coal-Geese, Swans,..Lapwings. 1854 R. Blakey Shooting xiii. 128 There are three varieties of this bird known to shooters; the great black, the cole-goose, and the crested. 2002 A. Braverman tr. Bassui Mud & Water (rev. ed.) 208 When you thoroughly penetrate this, the clarity stands out as lacquer black as a coal goose standing in the snow. 2011 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 19 Mar. 26 Here in the Westcountry the cormorant is a common bird despite some persecution... Old names include Sea Crow, Coal Goose, and Isle of Wight Parsons. < as lemmas |
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