| 单词 | dor-hawk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdor-hawk dor-hawk n. the goatsucker or night-jar. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus europaeus (nightjar) goat-milker1611 goatsucker1611 nighthawk1611 nightjar1630 dor-hawk1668 churn-owl1674 fern-owl1678 goat owl1766 eve-jara1793 puckeridgea1793 moth-hunter1816 wheel-bird1817 jar-owl1832 nightchurr1837 night-swallow1840 eve-churr1861 wheeler1862 scissors-grinder1875 puck1878 spinner1885 1668 Sir T. Browne Wks. (1848) III. 505 Have you a caprimulgus, or dorhawk? 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 98 The goatsucker..feeds on moths, gnats, and dorrs, or chaffers; from whence Charlton calls it the Dorr-hawk. 1832 W. Wordsworth Calm is Fragrant Air 22 The busy dor-hawk chases the white moth With burring note. dor-hawk 2. With qualifying word as night-hawk, dor-hawk, gnat-hawk, moth-hawk, screech-hawk, applied to the goatsucker. (See these words.) < as lemmas |
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