| 单词 | great red-breasted rail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat red-breasted rail red-breasted rail n. chiefly U.S. any of several rails having a reddish breast; esp.: †(a) (in full great red-breasted rail) the king rail, Rallus elegans (obsolete); (b) the Virginia rail, R. limicola (now rare). ΚΠ 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VIII. 406 Red-breasted Rail, R. Ferrugineus. 1835 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. III. 27 The Great Red-Breasted Rail, or Fresh-Water Marsh-Hen, Rallus Elegans,..is abundant in South Carolina. 1890 Cent. Dict. at Red-breasted Little red-breasted rail, same as Virginia rail. 1937 Daily News (Galveston, Texas) 28 Sept. 12/2 Red-breasted rail. < as lemmas |
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