| 单词 | grey heron |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey heron grey heron n. a heron with predominantly grey plumage; (in later use) spec. the large Ardea cinerea, found throughout temperate Eurasia and parts of Africa, which typically nests colonially in tall trees. ΚΠ a1771 S. Parkinson Jrnl. Voy. South Seas (1773) i. 70 The birds sacred to Ethooa [sc. on the island of Yoolee-Etea], of which there are two that fly about their morais, the grey heron, and a blue and brown king-fisher. a1796 J. Sibthorp in R. Walpole Mem. European & Asiatic Turkey (1817) v. 76 The purple and the grey heron frequent the marshes of Bœotia. 1870 P. Gillmore Figuier's Reptiles & Birds 362 Every one knows the Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), at least by reputation. 1957 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VI. 68 The great white egret..is in habit more like the grey heron and the purple heron and less like the egrets. 2010 Guardian 23 Aug. 33/1 Back in 1975..only two species of heron bred here [sc. in Britain] at all—the grey heron, and what we now call the great bittern. < as lemmas |
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