| 单词 | kaffir fink |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKaffir fink Kaffir fink n. (also †Kaffir's fink) [ < Kaffir n. + fink n.1, after South African Dutch †kaffersvink (see Kaffir finch n.)] now rare a bishop-bird, esp. the southern red bishop-bird, Euplectes orix; (also) the long-tailed widowbird, Euplectes progne; cf. Kaffir finch n. ΚΠ 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. i. 20 In the aviary I saw..the Kaffers Fink. 1897 H. A. Bryden Nature & Sport 93 The handsome yellow Kaffir fink was one of the most striking of these weavers. 1908 A. K. Haagner & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life 70 The Red Bishopbird or Kaffir-fink. 1931 R. C. Bolster Land & Sea Birds S.-W. Cape 133 The Bishop Birds are also known as ‘Kaffir Finks’. < as lemmas |
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