单词 | green sandpiper |
释义 | > as lemmasgreen sandpiper green sandpiper n. a small migratory sandpiper, Tringa ochropus, which has a dark greenish-brown back and wings and breeds in subarctic Europe and Asia; (U.S.) the similar solitary sandpiper, T. solitaria. ΚΠ 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. 125 The green Sandpiper. 1829 A. E. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. III. 127 [The solitary sandpiper]..has considerable resemblance, both in manners and markings, to the Green Sandpiper of Europe. 1877 Zoologist 1 524 A Green Sandpiper appeared here, and took up its quarters at a little pool close to the shore. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. 245 Solitary sandpiper... Green Sandpiper; American Green Sandpiper. 1999 Guardian 2 Feb. i. 18/7 I arrived to find a green sandpiper busy sinking its bill into the obviously appetising sludge. < as lemmas |
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