| 单词 | grey plover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey plover grey plover n. any of several wading birds that are greyish in their winter plumage; spec. an Arctic-breeding plover, Pluvialis squatarola, which has a black breast in the breeding season; = black-bellied plover n. at black-bellied adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > genus Pluvialis > pluvialis squatarola (grey plover) sea plover1634 whistling plover1668 strand plover1772 squatarole1819 whistling field bird1819 grey plover1838 whistling field plover1872 Swiss plover1874 pilot1880 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 > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Calidris > calidris canutus (knot) knot1452 gnat1616 marl1699 sea-snipe1767 greyback1813 red-breasted sandpiper1813 grey plover1885 a1549 in Gentleman's Mag. May (1813) 427/1 Plovers grey the dosen, iij s. 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 91 The Grey-plover, Pluvialis cinerea. 1750 J. Birket Jrnl. 5 Aug. in Voy. N. Amer. (1916) 1 I observed a flock of Gray Plover. 1838 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 617/2 The gray plover (Charadrius squatarola)..distinguished..by a very small hind toe. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 195 Knot (Tringa canutus)... The sober tints of its feathers in winter have caused it to be called..Grey plover (Scotland). 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 180 Golden plover... From the colour of the plumage, which varies according to age and the season of the year, they are called...Grey plover (Ireland). a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 880 We think of the grey plover, the interesting turnstone, the jack-snipe.., the sanderling, and the bar-tailed godwit. 2006 Independent 5 July 9/4 Migrants..such as Bar-tailed godwits, grey plovers, knots and dunlins. < as lemmas |
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