| 单词 | crocodile-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrocodile-bird crocodile-bird n. the Egyptian black-headed plover, Pluvianus ægyptius, so called from its habit of eating the insect parasites of the crocodile, probably the trochilos of ancient writers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > genus Charadrius > charadrius melanocephalus (crocodile-bird) ziczac1844 crocodile-bird1868 1868 A. C. Smith Attractions Nile II. 255 Charadrius spinosus..in all probability the true ‘crocodile bird’ or trochilus of Herodotus. 1966 C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush x. 142 The Egyptian ‘Plover’ (Pluvianus aegyptius) or crocodile bird has been the centre of controversy. < as lemmas |
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