| 单词 | fairy bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy bird fairy bird n. †(a) = fairy bluebird at bluebird n. 3 (obsolete); (b) the little tern, Sterna albifrons. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > member of fincha700 fairy bird1809 fairy bluebird1839 passerine1840 cataract-bird1868 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) > sterna albifrons (little tern) sterlet1703 richel bird1802 fairy bird1885 1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. i. 398 Fairy Roller. Coracias puella . Native of India, where it is said to be known by the name of the blue Fairy-Bird. 1836 W. Swainson Treat. Geogr. & Classif. Animals i. iii. 56/1 (table) Irena Horsf. Fairy Bird. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 204 Little Tern..Fairy bird (Galway). 1934 G. Marples & A. Marples Sea Terns 15 The common names [of the Little Tern] are those generally used for the genera... Little mow (mew), Knat, and Sea-mouse refer to its size; and Fairy-bird to its grace and beauty. 2007 C. Mavor Reading Boyishly vi. 266 The nesting bank of the little sea swallow (sometimes called a hooded tern, or a sterna minuta, or a little tern or, my favorite, a fairy bird) can become riddled with holes all over. < as lemmas |
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