英语词汇“clock bird”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

clock bird n. (a) any of several turacos of West and Central Africa which are noted for the regularity of their call; esp. the green turaco, Tauraco persa, and great blue turaco, Corythaeola cristata; (b) (Australian) the laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae; cf. settler's clock n. (now rare).

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1854 H. N. Riis Grammatical Outl. & Vocab. Oji-Lang. 142/1 Aferáw,..a large bird of beautiful plumage, feeding on fruit. The Europeans on the coast call it clock-bird, as it is said to announce the hours by its cry.

1880 T. W. Nutt Melbourne Palace Industry 15 Where clock-bird laughed and sweet wild flowers throve.

1935 P. C. Mitchell Official Guide to Gardens & Aquarium of Zool. Soc. London (ed. 32) 92 The Turacos (often called Clock birds) and Plantain-eaters are African birds, with crested heads and soft plumage, usually with shades of green and red.

1969 M. Burton & R. Burton Internat. Wildlife Encycl. IX. 1260/1 It [sc. the kookaburra] has been called the clock bird, bushman's clock and settler's clock but opinions differ on this.

2016 N. J. Jacobs Birders Afr. i. 31 In Ghana the great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) is known as kokokyinaka, the clock bird, for its regular call.

单词	clock bird
释义	> as lemmas clock bird clock bird n. (a) any of several turacos of West and Central Africa which are noted for the regularity of their call; esp. the green turaco, Tauraco persa, and great blue turaco, Corythaeola cristata; (b) (Australian) the laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae; cf. settler's clock n. (now rare). ΚΠ 1854 H. N. Riis Grammatical Outl. & Vocab. Oji-Lang. 142/1 Aferáw,..a large bird of beautiful plumage, feeding on fruit. The Europeans on the coast call it clock-bird, as it is said to announce the hours by its cry. 1880 T. W. Nutt Melbourne Palace Industry 15 Where clock-bird laughed and sweet wild flowers throve. 1935 P. C. Mitchell Official Guide to Gardens & Aquarium of Zool. Soc. London (ed. 32) 92 The Turacos (often called Clock birds) and Plantain-eaters are African birds, with crested heads and soft plumage, usually with shades of green and red. 1969 M. Burton & R. Burton Internat. Wildlife Encycl. IX. 1260/1 It [sc. the kookaburra] has been called the clock bird, bushman's clock and settler's clock but opinions differ on this. 2016 N. J. Jacobs Birders Afr. i. 31 In Ghana the great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) is known as kokokyinaka, the clock bird, for its regular call. extracted from clockn.¹adv. < as lemmas
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