单词 | malachite sunbird |
释义 | > as lemmasmalachite sunbird malachite sunbird n. either of two bright green long-tailed sunbirds of eastern Africa, Nectarinia famosa and N. johnstoni. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Nectariniidae (sun-bird) > types of spider-catcher1840 honeysucker1906 malachite sunbird1906 1906 Daily Chron. 10 Feb. 7/7 A great rarity is a Malachite sun bird, a most wonderfully-formed bird with a bill as long as its body and as fine as a piece of wire. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xii. 197 The male malachite sunbirds would be flashing their astonishing green and gold. 1989 Independent 4 Nov. 51/3 Next morning the rare scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird is with us, flitting from one lobelia to another. < as lemmas |
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