| 单词 | fly-eater |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfly-eater fly-eater n. an eater of flies, spec. any of several small Australian flycatchers of the genus Gerygone. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [noun] > carnivore > that feeds on insects flycatcher1600 insect-feeder1835 insectivore1863 fly-eater1895 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Acanthizinae > genus Gerygone warbler1790 rainbird1817 riroriro1835 fly-eater1895 bush-warbler1898 bush canary1904 1895 W. O. Legge in Rep. Australasian Assoc. Adv. Sci. VI. 447 [The habits and habitats of the genus as] applied to Gerygone suggested the term Fly-eater, as distinguished from Fly-catcher. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 30 May 12/1 Starlings [are] great fly-eaters. 1930 W. de la Mare Desert Islands 212 Owl, kingfisher, robin, fly-eater. 1958 P. C. Morrison Austral. Bird Bk. 143 Brown warbler, flyeater, G[erygone] richmondii. < as lemmas |
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