英语词汇“dung bird”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dung bird n. now historical and rare (a) the hoopoe, Upupa epops, which was formerly believed to build its nest from human excrement; (b) any of various Old World vultures, esp. the Cape vulture, Gyps coprotheres, and the Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus; (c) any of various seabirds formerly thought to feed on the dung of other seabirds; = dung hunter n.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > stercorarius skua (skua)

plunger1655

dung bird1677

skua1678

dung hunter1694

skua-gull1768

dirty allan1771

bonxiea1777

dung teaser1841

weese allan1849

sea-hawk1852

turd-bird1864

shoemaker1867

dirt-bird1885

1677 W. Charleton Exercitationes de Differrentiis et Nominibus Animalium (ed. 2) 98 Nidum enim ex stercore humano fingit in arboribus excavatis,..quod vulgo the Dung-bird dicatur.

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 136 The Size of this Eagle, or Dung-Bird, is something larger than that of a Wild Goose.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. ii. 195 The Hoopoe... The Dung Bird.

1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VIII. 400 (heading) The Labbe, or Dung-bird.

1870 Canad. Nat. 5 407 This and the preceding [sc. Pomarine Skua and Arctic Skua] are called ‘dung birds’.., evidently from the manner in which they persecute the smaller species of Laridæ, and devour not only their disgorged food but also their fœces.

1885 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 3) III. 581/1 The Dung kite or Dung bird, Neophron percnopterus, Linn.,..is abundant southwards from Bengal, also in N. Africa, W. Asia, S. Europe, and even in England.

?1959 G. Theiner tr. O. Štěpánek Birds Field & Forest 40 The nest is unambitious, merely a few chips or dead leaves, generally mixed with animal excrement, which habit has earned the bird the name of Dung Bird.

2008 P. Burger Birds Namibia 201 (heading) The Vultures. Dreckvogel, assvoëls, dung birds?

单词	dung bird
释义	> as lemmas dung bird dung bird n. now historical and rare (a) the hoopoe, Upupa epops, which was formerly believed to build its nest from human excrement; (b) any of various Old World vultures, esp. the Cape vulture, Gyps coprotheres, and the Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus; (c) any of various seabirds formerly thought to feed on the dung of other seabirds; = dung hunter n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > stercorarius skua (skua) plunger1655 dung bird1677 skua1678 dung hunter1694 skua-gull1768 dirty allan1771 bonxiea1777 dung teaser1841 weese allan1849 sea-hawk1852 turd-bird1864 shoemaker1867 dirt-bird1885 1677 W. Charleton Exercitationes de Differrentiis et Nominibus Animalium (ed. 2) 98 Nidum enim ex stercore humano fingit in arboribus excavatis,..quod vulgo the Dung-bird dicatur. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 136 The Size of this Eagle, or Dung-Bird, is something larger than that of a Wild Goose. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. ii. 195 The Hoopoe... The Dung Bird. 1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VIII. 400 (heading) The Labbe, or Dung-bird. 1870 Canad. Nat. 5 407 This and the preceding [sc. Pomarine Skua and Arctic Skua] are called ‘dung birds’.., evidently from the manner in which they persecute the smaller species of Laridæ, and devour not only their disgorged food but also their fœces. 1885 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 3) III. 581/1 The Dung kite or Dung bird, Neophron percnopterus, Linn.,..is abundant southwards from Bengal, also in N. Africa, W. Asia, S. Europe, and even in England. ?1959 G. Theiner tr. O. Štěpánek Birds Field & Forest 40 The nest is unambitious, merely a few chips or dead leaves, generally mixed with animal excrement, which habit has earned the bird the name of Dung Bird. 2008 P. Burger Birds Namibia 201 (heading) The Vultures. Dreckvogel, assvoëls, dung birds? extracted from dungn.¹ < as lemmas
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