| 单词 | laughing-thrush |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslaughing-thrush laughing-thrush n. any of numerous babblers constituting the tropical Asian genus Garrulax (family Timaliidae), having a noisy laughing call.The genus Garrulax is polyphyletic and many species are likely to be moved to new genera, some of which may be placed in other families. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Timaliinae > genus Garrulax (laughing-thrush) spectacle thrush1781 laughing crow1812 laughing-thrush1839 1839 Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 10 256 The cry of the ‘laughing thrush’ is very peculiar, and once heard cannot be forgotten. 1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life iii. 44 The fine laughing-thrushes, forming the genus Garrulax. 1927 Geogr. Jrnl. 70 149 The Himalayas are probably as much a refuge for the Thar, Rhododendron, and Laughing Thrush as are the Nilgiri Hills. 2005 Mountain Res. & Devel. 25 239/1 The white-throated laughingthrush (Garrulax albogularis)..and black-faced laughingthrush (Garrulax affinis) were more abundant under the open canopy conditions. < as lemmas |
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