| 单词 | apostle-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapostle-bird apostle-bird n. (also apostle) a name applied to various birds in Australia (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Grallinidae > struthidea cinerea (apostle-bird) apostle-bird1934 happy family1958 1901 A. J. North Nests & Eggs of Birds (Austral. Mus., Sydney, Spec. Catal. 1) I. 18 From their habit of associating in flocks, they are known nearly all over New South Wales, and the south-eastern portions of Queensland, as the ‘Twelve Apostles’, a name also shared in some parts with that of ‘Happy Family’ for Pomatostomus Temporalis.] 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Apostle bird, the gray jumper. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xii. 211 The Grey-crowned Babbler is known also as the apostle-bird. 1962 New Scientist 15 Mar. 606/1 They are members of the babbler or apostle-bird family (Timaliidae). 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 442/2 The Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea..is..about 13 inches in length..of grey plumage..and has a short, stout bill. It gets its name from its habit of going about in parties of about twelve. The bird lives in the drier parts of eastern Australia. < as lemmas |
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