| 单词 | dutch nightingale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDutch nightingale Dutch nightingale n. a frog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog froshc1000 frouda1200 toada1300 paddockc1300 paddoc1480 hipfrog1611 croaker1651 Dutch nightingale1769 froggy?1800 fen-nightingalea1825 yellowbellyc1825 greenback1876 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iii. 5 The croaking of frogs is well known, and from that in fenny countries they are..stiled Dutch Nightingales or Boston Waites. 1812 R. Southey Omniana II. clxxxi. 33 Walton accuses the frogs of destroying them, but I cannot persuade myself to find a true bill against these poor persecuted Dutch nightingales. a1855 W. T. Spurdens Forby's Vocab. E. Anglia (1858) III. 15 Dutch-Nightingale, a frog, from its melodious note in the spring. Dutch nightingale Dutch nightingale n. < as lemmas |
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