| 单词 | grey wagtail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey wagtail grey wagtail n. a migratory Eurasian wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, with a grey back and variable amounts of yellow on the underparts, which typically frequents fast-flowing streams and rivers. ΚΠ 1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ ii. xvii. 172 Motacilla cinerea... The grey Wagtail. 1758 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. I. 106/1 Though he [sc. Albin] calls it the Yellow, his description is not other than what he has transcribed out of Willughby, relating to the Grey Wagtail. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 44 Grey wagtail (Motacilla melanope)... Oat seed bird (Yorkshire). 1937 A. W. Boyd Diary 5 Mar. in Country Diary Cheshire Man (1946) 134 For over a month a grey wagtail has been living in a ditch near my house. 2006 Bird Watching Aug. 101/2 Less usual was a pair of Grey Wagtails breeding in a building in Central Swindon some way from water. < as lemmas |
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