| 单词 | may-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMay-bird May-bird n. †(a) U.S. the dickcissel, Spiza americana (obsolete); (b) U.S. the bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus; (c) the whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus; (d) U.S. the knot, Calidris canutus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Numenius (miscellaneous) > numenius phaeopus (whimbrel) spowe1519 whimbrel1530 May-chick1577 jack curlew1770 May-bird1791 tang-whaup1808 May-fowl1852 May jack1880 May curlew1885 crooked-bill marlin1886 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 291 Calandra pratensis, the May bird. 1823 Let. 6 July in J. W. Allston S. Carolina Rice Plantation (1945) 61 The field on the main next to Coachmans was ruined by the may-birds. 1838 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. IV. 132 In that country [sc. South Carolina] it is called the ‘May Bird’, which, however, is a name also given to the Rice Bird. 1864 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Cornwall Mar. 18 May-bird, the whimbrel. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 181 May-bird, the whimbrel. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 231/1 Knot. Tringa canutus... [Also called] May-bird. 1940 E. M. Coulter Thomas Spalding of Sapelo 77 Winged destroyers whirled over the fields bent on destruction. These were the ricebirds, sometimes called May birds. 1950 A. W. Boyd Coward's Birds Brit. Isles (rev. ed.) 2nd Ser. 162 ‘May-bird’ is one of its [sc. the Whimbrel's] popular names, for its arrival is expected in this month. < as lemmas |
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