| 单词 | dunkite |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdunkite 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 1533 T. Elyot Of Knowl. Wise Man iii. f. 47v Of byrdes the Egle, the dunkyte, the Ospraye, and the Cormorant, whiche do rauyn and deuour that, which is necessary for mans lyuynge. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xi. f. 111/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Bussarde, the Kite, the Ringtaile Dunkite. 1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. M.ij Milkesoppes, whose manhoode and maners differs, as farre from the graue Soldiour, as a Donkite in courage and condition, differs from a Jerfaucon. 1880 Midland Naturalist 3 145 I have seen one or two [English Kite or Glead] about occasionally, up to ten years ago, but now, I fear, they must be considered as extinct in this neighbourhood... The common Buzzard or Dunkite is in the same case. < as lemmas |
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