单词 | garganey |
释义 | garganeyn. A species of teal ( Anas querquedula). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas querquecula (garganey) garganey1668 summer teal1668 garganey teal1824 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. §4. 156 To the Teal-kind should be reduced that other fowl, of the like shape and bigness..called Gargane. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 377 The Garganey..In bigness it something exceeds the common Teal. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 158 The Garganey..is of a size between the wigeon and teal. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 269 The birds began to gather at Allfowlsness..harelds and garganeys, smews and gooseanders. 1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist xiii. 259 The Teal, the Garganey..and the Eider Duck, visited the loch in vast numbers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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