| 单词 | glossy starling | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasglossy starling   glossy starling  n. any of numerous African starlings, esp. of the genus  Lamprotornis, which have dark glossy plumage with metallic blue, green, and purple reflections (frequently with distinguishing word); also (more fully  Asian glossy starling) the similar  Aplonis panayensis of Asia, which has red eyes. ΚΠ 1851    S. F. Baird tr.  J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. II. 557  				Ptilonorhynchinæ, or Glossy Starlings... The splendid starlings or shining thrushes, as they were formerly called, of Africa are arranged here. 1957    Wilson Bull. Sept. 234/1  				Long-tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis caudatus). 1996    Jrnl. Biogeogr. 23 583/1  				There is no information on the seed-retention time or flight speed of the Asian glossy starling, Aplonis panayensis. < as lemmas | 
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