| 单词 | longbilled |
| 释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : long-billedadj. > as lemmaslong-billed Furnished with a bill; having a beak, spike, etc. (Usually in compounds, as long-billed, broad-billed, soft-billed, etc.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill billed1399 beaked1589 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > of the beak > having a beak billed1399 rostrous1651 rostrated1797 beak-bearing1830 rostriferous1852 beaked1869 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 37 All billid breddis þat þe bough spareth. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xiii. 20 The weil stelit and braid billit ax. 1583 D. Ingram in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) iii. 560 A Flamingo..is bigger than a Goose, billed like a Shouell. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xiii. 67 A long Billed Fowle. 1770 G. White Let. 1 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 83 Hard-billed birds subsist on seeds. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §385 Dentirostres, or toothed-billed Birds, which are characterized by a notch or tooth near the extremity of the upper mandible. < see also as lemmas |
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