单词 | least bittern |
释义 | > as lemmasleast bittern least bittern n. Ixobrychus exilis of N. America.extracted from bitternn.1least bittern least bittern n. a small bittern native to temperate and tropical regions of the Americas, Ixobrychus exilis, having light brown plumage with darker streaks, white underparts, and (in the male) black patches on the crown and back. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Ixobrychus (little bittern) little bitternc1330 water hen1678 least bitterna1813 spurwing1842 a1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1814) VIII. 37 Least Bittern: Ardea exilis..is the smallest known species of the whole tribe. 1975 N.Y. Times Mag. 26 Jan. 10/1 Least bitterns, angular as the reeds, freeze with heads straight up. 2015 L. Barth Birds, Art & Design 60 I received a call from..the bird banding station..to let me know they had just captured a Least Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis. < as lemmas |
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