请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 facial disc
释义

> as lemmas

facial disc
facial disc n. a flattened forward-facing part of the head as characteristic of many owls, often seen as a well-defined radial arrangement of feathers around the eyes.It is now thought likely that the facial disc is involved in focusing sounds on the ears.
ΚΠ
1825 C. L. Bonaparte Amer. Ornithol. I. 73 Our bird belongs to the sub-genus noctua of Savigny, having..the facial disk of slender feathers small and incomplete.
1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 281 The Virginian Eared Owl.—The facial disc is brown, edged with black.
1992 Scope Mar. 9/1 Once known as the ‘arctic saw-whet’, the boreal owl is distinguished by a yellow bill and black-edged facial disks.
extracted from facialadj.n.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/10 23:01:23