| 单词 | great white heron |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat white heron white heron n. [compare ancient Greek λευκερῳδιός spoonbill] †(a) the spoonbill Platalea leucorodia (obsolete rare); (b) (also great white heron) either of two herons with white plumage, the great egret, Ardea alba, found worldwide, and a great blue heron of the subspecies A. herodias occidentalis, of Florida and the Caribbean. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Ardea (heron) > miscellaneous types of blue heron1565 white heron1575 blue heron1731 squacco1752 frog-catcher1782 purple heron1785 great blue1838 Goliath1860 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Egretta (miscellaneous) > egretta alba (great egret) white heron1575 snowy heron1785 white egret1828 kotuku1846 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 137 The flesh of the white Heron, otherwise called the Shoueler,..is of good disgestion and nourisheth well. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 171 Many sorts of Fowles, as the gray and white Hearne. 1760 World Displayed XIV. 80 In the afternoon they took a turn, and in their way caught a white heron. 1833 P. J. Selby Illustr. Brit. Ornithol. II. 20 In the mature state, the Great White Heron is adorned with long plumes, which form a train, hanging over and beyond the tail. 1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) i. 26 The great white heron, a Florida native, nests on the keys. 2011 T. J. Forrester Miracles, Inc. iv. 38 An animal thrashed, and a white heron shot upward and sailed out of sight. < as lemmas |
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