| 单词 | grass warbler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrass warbler grass warbler n. (also with distinguishing word) any of various Old Word warblers, esp. of the genus Cisticola or (more widely) the family Cisticolidae, which typically live in grasslands and have dull, brown-streaked plumage. [With quot. 1840 compare Hindi ghās kī phutkī streaked fantail warbler, lit. ‘grass warbler’, itself apparently after English (and hence implying earlier currency).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Cisticola pinc-pincc1808 grass warbler1840 1840 T. C. Jerdon in Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 11 5 P[rinia] cursitans, Frankl. Cat.—Ghas ka Phootkee, or Ghas ka Pit-pittee—Grass warbler–Meadow Wren Warbler. 1905 Bird Notes 3 101 Among our resident Warblers are the Cisticolæ, true Grass-Warblers in every way, as they are hardly ever seen away from the long grass. 1997 K. Baker Warblers Europe, Asia & N. Afr. 16 Grass warblers. Well-represented by seven genera—Megalurus, Chaetornis, Gramnicola, Schoenicola, Locustella, Cisticola and Prinia. 2018 @JVKashangaki 21 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) An agitated Moustached Grass-warbler (Melocichla mentalis) oblivious of my presence screeches (sings) away, distressed by something on the ground. < as lemmas |
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