| 单词 | marsh tern |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarsh tern marsh tern n. the gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica, or any of several terns of the genus Chlidonias, whose preferred habitat is marshland rather than sea coasts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) > sterna nilotica (gull-billed tern) marsh terna1813 gull-billed tern1813 a1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1814) VIII. 143 Marsh tern. Sterna aranea... This new species I first met with on the shores of Cape May. 1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds V. 658 Hydrochelidon nigra, the Black Marsh-tern. 1964 M. Sharland Territory of Birds 42 Marsh Terns were dropping into the water for insect food. 1991 Bird Watching June 26/1 Terns can be divided into two types—sea and marsh terns. < as lemmas |
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