单词 | lough-diver |
释义 | > as lemmaslough-diver lough-diver n. (also plough-plover) names for the female smew. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Mergus (merganser) > mergus albellus (smew) > female or young lough-diver1678 weasel-coot1804 weasel-duck1885 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 338 The Female is described by Gesner under the title of Mergus glacialis, which Mr. Johnson Englisheth the Lough-diver. 1829 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 11 A lough diver, or female smew. < as lemmas |
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