| 单词 | green plover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen plover green plover n. (a) the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus; (b) U.S. the American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > member of genus Vanellus > vanellus vanellus (lapwing) lapwingc1050 wypec1325 tewhita1525 peewita1529 black plover1538 bastard plover1544 green plover1550 lappoint1584 peesweep1772 peeweepa1825 lapwing-gull1844 flapjack1847 teeack1869 flop-wing1885 peewee1886 silver plover1890 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > genus Pluvialis > pluvialis apricaria (Eurasian golden plover) green plover1550 spotted plover1750 golden plover1766 yellow plover1793 grey plover1885 squealer1888 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > genus Pluvialis > pluvialis dominica (American golden plover) green plover1550 whistling plover1668 golden plover1766 frost bird1803 greenback1843 prairie plover1851 prairie snipe1851 prairie pigeon1874 kolea1888 squealer1888 1550 By Mayre: Myschefes & Hynderaunces of Comon & Publike Welth (single sheet) Plouers grene of the best, the dosen iii. s. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 171 Many sorts of Fowles, as..the gray and greene Plouer, some wilde Ducks. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 308 The green Plover, Pluvialis viridis. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. vii. 154 The Green-Plover or Pewit..is therein called the ungrateful Bird. 1828 W. Scott Tales of Grandfather (1841) 2nd Ser. l. 228/2 That beautiful bird the Green-plover, in Scottish called the Peese-weep. 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 195 American Golden Plover... At Portsmouth, N.H., and in Massachusetts at Salem and Chatham, Green Plover. 1922 N. Blanchan Game Birds (rev. ed.) ii. 239 American Golden Plover... Called also: Field Plover; Greenback; Green Plover; Pale-breast; [etc.]. 1996 S. E. G. Lea & M. Kiley-Worthington in V. Bruce Unsolved Myst. of Mind vii. 229 The Green Plover gets its alternative name of Lapwing from the way it leads potential predators away from its nest by appearing to be injured. < as lemmas |
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