| 单词 | king rooibekkie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking rooibekkie Either of two finch-like songbirds with red bills, the common or St Helena waxbill, Estrilda astrild (family Estrildidae), and (more fully king rooibekkie) the pin-tailed whydah, Vidua macroura (family Ploceidae).Cf. red-beak n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(b)(ii), rooibek n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > genus Estrilda rooibekkie1793 swee1908 king of six1913 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Viduinae (whydah) > types of painted finch1731 rooibek1867 king rooibekkie1868 shaft-tailed whydah1881 king of six1913 1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. I. 312 The Loxia Astrild, on account of its red beak, was called Rood-beckje [Sw. Roodbeckje], or Red-beak, and was found in great numbers in the farmers gardens. 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. xii. 266 The Roode-bekje (Red beak), a small finch,..is a very common bird. 1861 L. Duff-Gordon Let. 10 Dec. in Lett. from Cape (1921) 60 I will try to bring home some cages of birds—Cape canaries and ‘roode bekjes’ (red bills), darling little things. 1868 J. Chapman Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. i. 17 We shot and skinned some birds, among which was a long-tailed finch (king rooi bekkie). 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 260 King of six, a King Williamstown name for the Rooibekje. 1936 E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 32 Pin-tailed Widow-bird, King Rooibekkie,..is also parasitic; the eggs are laid in nests of the common Rooibekkie. 1975 G. J. Broekhuysen in Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. XI. 371 Among common species in Southern Africa are the swee waxbill..and the common waxbill or rooi-bekkie. 1994 I. Sinclair Field Guide Birds Southern Afr. (ed. 3) 320 Common Waxbill... Afrikaans. Rooibeksysie (Rooibekkie). < as lemmas |
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