| 单词 | fairy bluebird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy bluebird 3. In full fairy bluebird. Either of two tropical Asian songbirds constituting the genus Irena, the males of which have black and iridescent blue plumage.Formerly of uncertain relationship, the fairy bluebirds are now thought to be allied to the leafbirds ( Chloropseidae) and are usually assigned to their own family, Irenidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > member of fincha700 fairy bird1809 fairy bluebird1839 passerine1840 cataract-bird1868 1839 Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 10 262 The fairy blue bird lives generally in small parties of four or five, or more. 1873 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 43 6 The beautiful Irena puella, or fairy blue-bird, sat in numbers upon a bare tree near the breakfast place: this bird is one of the most lovely of our Indian avi-fauna. 1922 F. E. Younghusband Heart of Nature i. iv. 44 The beautiful fairy bluebird [is] a large bird 10 inches in length with a glistening cobalt-blue upper part and velvet black beneath. 1968 Jrnl. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 65 331 We located the bluebird in Jhapa District in the lower foothills a little west of the Mechi River. 2001 Bird Keeper Feb. 47 (caption) The male fairy bluebird..has iridescent plumage, while the female's feathers lack such a sheen. < as lemmas |
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