单词 | jacky winter |
释义 | > as lemmasjacky winter jacky winter n. a small grey-brown songbird, Microeca fascinans (family Petroicidae), which is common in Australia and New Guinea; also called brown flycatcher.Originally a local Australian name that was imitative of the call, but now accepted as standard in international lists. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Muscicapinae > microeca leucophaea (jacky winter) jacky winter1883 post-sitter1901 post-boy1911 spinks1945 1883 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 15 Dec. 1155/4 I had reason to believe that a cuckoo had been reared in the nest of a ‘Jacky Winter’. 1969 A. Bell Common Austral. Birds (ed. 2) 22 Post Boy, Jacky Winter, Spinks—half-a-dozen unofficial names suggest the friendly feeling towards this quiet, confidential, contented bird. 2016 Border Chron. (Austral.) (Nexis) 30 Mar. A fan-tailed cuckoo, white-fronted chats.., owlet nightjars and a Jacky winter all proved very photogenic. < as lemmas |
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