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单词 lammervanger
释义

lammervangern.

Brit. /ˈlaməvaŋə/, /ˈlaməfaŋə/, U.S. /ˈlæmərvæŋər/, South African English /ˈlʌməfʌŋə/
Forms: Also laemer-vanger, lamvanger.
Etymology: Afrikaans, < lam lamb + vanger catcher.
South African.
The martial eagle, Polemaetus bellicosus, or the African lammergeyer or bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture > gypaetus barbatus (bearded vulture)
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bearded vulture1750
bearded vulture1750
lammergeyer1822
lammervanger1830
the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > eagles > other types of
duck-eagle1731
eagle-hawk1829
martial eagle1829
lammervanger1830
serpent eagle187.
1830 S. Afr. Q. Jrnl. Jan.–Apr. 105 Gypaetus Barbatus, Cuv.—Arend and Lammervanger of the Colonists.
1835 A. Steedman Wanderings S. Afr. II. i. 7 Others [sc. jackals] had been destroyed by the Læmer-vanger, or bearded vulture.
1846 J. C. Brown tr. T. Arbousset & F. Daumas Narr. Explor. xxi. 220 The English of the Cape call it the golden eagle.., and the Dutch farmers, lamvanger, or lamb seizer, because it is accustomed to seize, and carry off to its aerie, a lamb or kid.
1920 F. C. Cornell Glamour of Prospecting xii. 205 I had wasted a shot on a splendid lammer-vanger, a fine specimen of an eagle.
1944 V. Pohl Adventures Boer Family xiii. 79 The lammervanger is one of the wariest, shyest and most keen-eyed of all birds.
1959 Cape Times 20 June 2/3 Mr. Sonny Waks..saw an eagle—commonly known as a lammer~vanger—catching one of his young lambs.
1970 Daily News (Durban) 4 June 21 A 13-year-old White youth captured a long taloned golden eagle (lammer~vanger) with his bare hands.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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