| 单词 | green-winged teal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen-winged teal green-winged teal n. originally and chiefly North American the common teal of Eurasia, Anas crecca, which also breeds in northern North America (so called to distinguish it from the blue-winged teal, A. discors, of North America).The North American green-winged teal is now often treated as a separate species, A. carolinensis. ΚΠ 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina ii. x. 295 A[nas] migratoria, the least green winged teal. 1832 N. J. Wyeth First Jrnl. 6 Nov. in Corr. (1899) 177 There is..the grey duck..green winged teel Buffle heads Cape Races Dippers of the Sea loons. 1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know xvii. 269 In every slough where mallards, blue- and green-winged teal,..and pintails settle down to rest in the autumn, gunners wait concealed in the sedges. 2004 Canad. Geographic May 87/1 A green-winged teal makes its clear call, like a high-pitched pennywhistle with a pea rattling in it. < as lemmas |
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