| 单词 | grey phalarope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey phalarope grey phalarope n. the phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius, which has grey and white plumage in winter, the underparts changing to a brick-red colour during the breeding season in the high Arctic; cf. red phalarope n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1e(b)(ii). ΚΠ 1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Animals N. Amer. 15 (table) Phalarope..Grey..Red..Brown. 1882 A. Newton Yarrell's Hist. Brit. Birds III. 315 The Red-necked Phalarope is at once distinguished from the Grey Phalarope..by its smaller size, with a longer and more slender beak. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 585 In the case of the emu and..Rhea, the cock bird does all the brooding; and so it is with the grey phalarope and a few other queer birds where the female does the courting. 2009 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 3/2 A birdwatcher waited several hours to catch sight of a grey phalarope, a bird that visits Britain rarely. < as lemmas |
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