| 单词 | dun pickle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdun pickle dun pickle n. (also dun piddle) English regional (south-western) (now chiefly historical) the marsh harrier, Circus aeruginosus. [The origin of the second element is uncertain. Compare earlier dunkite n.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Circus (harrier) > circus aeruginosus (marsh harrier) pittelOE dunkite1533 harp1671 moor-buzzard1678 duck-hawk1812 dun pickle1817 marsh harrier1831 harpy1838 moor harrier1840 moor hawk1885 1817 E. Forster Catalogus Avium in Insulis Britannicis 4 Falco aervginosvs. Moor Buzzard, Duckhawk, Dun-pickle, or Whiteheaded Harpy. 1863 W. Barnes Gram. & Gloss. Dorset Dial. 54 Dun-piddle... The kite or moor buzzard. 1873 C. Swainson Weather Folk-lore ii. 242 It is said in Wiltshire that the marsh harriers or dunpickles..alight in great numbers on the downs before rain. 1907 S. Heath & W. de C. Prideaux Some Dorset Manor Houses i. 4 A similar hawks' head azure forms the crest, and these heads are said to belong to the Dunpiddle, a species of kite, and thus to contain an allusion to the name of the [Pydele] family. 2006 Eastern Daily Press (Norwich) (Nexis) 19 May Marsh harriers, also known as bald buzzards and the dun pickle in various parts of England, were once common in the UK's lowland reedbeds and marshes. < as lemmas |
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