| 单词 | coquette hummingbird |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoquette hummingbird 2. Any of the very small hummingbirds of the Central and South American genus Lophornis (family Trochilidae), the males of which are brightly coloured with prominent crests and a plume of feathers on each side of the neck. Frequently with distinguishing word. In later use more fully coquette hummingbird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) hummer1606 hum-bird1634 hummingbird1637 trochilus1752 bee-bird1771 honeysucker1773 fly-bird1782 coquette1854 satellite1857 1833 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Humming-birds (Naturalist's Libr.: Ornithol. I) I. 112 They are called by the French, Coquets; and Lesson has formed from them a genus, Lophornis.] 1854 Excelsior 2 446 The festive Coquette, so called, constitutes the genus Lophornis, and is characterised by the great length and extreme beauty of the auricular feathers. 1903 Condor 5 93 One male specimen of the Helana [sic] coquette (Lophornis helenæ), an exquisite little gem, was taken high up in a tree at the long, tubular, pink flowers of a climbing vine. 1994 Guardian 26 Sept. i. 21/5 Rainbow-bearded thornbill, sparkling violetear, spangled coquette, bronze-tailed plumeleteer..tyrian metaltail—surely no group of organisms enjoys more evocative names than the humming birds? 2017 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 4 May (Neighbor section) 2 Some 482 species have been recorded, including the dazzling tufted coquette hummingbird, the bearded bellbird and scarlet ibis. < as lemmas |
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