英语词汇“locust eater”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

locust eater n. now rare any of various songbirds that feed on locusts (cf. locust bird n.); (in later use) esp. a magpie robin (genus Copsychus (formerly Gryllivora)).In quot. 1801, the wattled starling, Creatophora cinerea.

[In quot. 1790 translating Syrian Arabic samarmar (15th cent. or earlier), of uncertain origin. Compare earlier locust bird n. 1.

With later use, compare scientific Latin gryllivora, former specific name (1775), Gryllivora, former genus name (1831).]

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous

bough thrush1669

rock thrush1781

locust eater1790

kick-up1847

solitaire1847

mountain thrush1848

scrub-robin1848

thrush-tit1889

akalat1902

1790 Hist. Mag. Feb. 282/2 At Mosul, and at Haleb, I have heard of the locust-eater; but I never saw it. This bird is called Samarmar, or Samaamog.

1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iv. 256 The farmers..immediately recognised the bird to be the locust-eater... This species of thrush..is only met with in places where the migrating locust frequents.

1837 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds II. 66 The resemblance between Petroica bicolor and the genuine locust-eaters (Gryllivora) is..remarkably strong.

1941 Nigerian Field 10 119 In India the Dial Bird is called the locust eater.

单词	locust eater
释义	> as lemmas locust eater locust eater n. now rare any of various songbirds that feed on locusts (cf. locust bird n.); (in later use) esp. a magpie robin (genus Copsychus (formerly Gryllivora)).In quot. 1801, the wattled starling, Creatophora cinerea. [In quot. 1790 translating Syrian Arabic samarmar (15th cent. or earlier), of uncertain origin. Compare earlier locust bird n. 1. With later use, compare scientific Latin gryllivora, former specific name (1775), Gryllivora, former genus name (1831).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous bough thrush1669 rock thrush1781 locust eater1790 kick-up1847 solitaire1847 mountain thrush1848 scrub-robin1848 thrush-tit1889 akalat1902 1790 Hist. Mag. Feb. 282/2 At Mosul, and at Haleb, I have heard of the locust-eater; but I never saw it. This bird is called Samarmar, or Samaamog. 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iv. 256 The farmers..immediately recognised the bird to be the locust-eater... This species of thrush..is only met with in places where the migrating locust frequents. 1837 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds II. 66 The resemblance between Petroica bicolor and the genuine locust-eaters (Gryllivora) is..remarkably strong. 1941 Nigerian Field 10 119 In India the Dial Bird is called the locust eater. extracted from locustn. < as lemmas
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