| 单词 | john down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJohn Down John Down n. Newfoundland (now rare) the northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Procellariidae (petrel) > member of genus Fulmarus (fulmar) noddy1663 mollymawk1694 fulmar petrel1698 malduck1803 John Down1813 malmarsh1831 molly1857 mollyhawk1880 1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Fulmar Here hangs I John Down for ever, That often crossed the bank for liver, Now to my sorrow and great surprise, Here I hang an anatomize. 1852 Arctic Misc. 10 On the banks of Newfoundland, where this bird is known by the name of ‘John Down’, it attends the fishing vessels for the offal of the cod fish. 1957 W. L. McAtee Folk-names Canad. Birds 4 Fulmar..John Down (Sailor's name, significance unknown. Nfld.). < as lemmas |
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