| 单词 | meat hawk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeat hawk meat hawk n. North American regional = meat-bird n. ΚΠ 1857 S. H. Hammond Wild Northern Scenes 53 Small birds, of the size and general appearance of the cuckoo, save in their hooked beaks, attracted by the scent of our cold meats,..were called by our boatmen ‘meat hawks’. 1895 H. D. Minot Land-birds & Game-birds New Eng. (ed. 2) 279 (note) ‘Meat Hawk’ is also a name in very general use in Maine. 1969 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Sept. 46/1 The grey jay is known by a good many popular names including Canada jay, whiskey john, whiskey jack, carrion bird, meat hawk and camp robber. < as lemmas |
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