| 单词 | clucking hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclucking hen clucking hen n. now rare the limpkin, Aramus guarauna, a wading bird native to South America and southeastern North America having a call resembling the clucking of a hen; cf. clocking hen n.Cf. literal use of clucking hen as an unfixed collocation at main sense (see e.g. quots. 1660, 2016). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > member of family Aramidae (limpkin) guarauna1678 clocking hen1703 clucking hen?1740 limpkin1885 ?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 38 The Clucking Hen, speckled with black and white like the common Guinea Hen. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 18 The harsh screams of the clucking-hen came up from a gloomy górge. 1936 J. Bond Birds W. Indies viii. 85 Limpkin (Aramus scolopaceus). Local names:—Clucking Hen; Carrao;..Railé. < as lemmas |
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