单词 | hangbird |
释义 | hangbirdn. A bird that builds a hanging nest; esp. an American oriole of the family Icteridæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > nest or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that builds or lives in > that makes nest of specific type hang-nest1713 hanging bird1759 hangbird1789 felter1880 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Icterus (oriole) starling1674 icterus1713 hanging bird1759 oriole1782 hangbird1789 hammock1853 1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 59 Upwards of one hundred and thirty American Birds have been enumerated..[including the] Hangbird, Heron, Little white Heron. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 118 Hangbird, Oriolus icterus. 1824 Z. Thompson Gazetteer Vermont 18 The singing birds are the robin, thrush,..springbird, goldfinch and hangbird. 1831 J. Q. Adams Mem. (1867) VIII. 426 The oriole of Baltimore is the fiery hang-bird. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 174 There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren. 1868 J. G. Whittier in Atlantic Monthly Jan. 5 Alone the hangbird overhead, His hair-swung cradle straining. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789 |
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