| 单词 | meadow snipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeadow snipe meadow snipe n. U.S. (a) the common snipe, Gallinago gallinago; (b) the pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos. ΚΠ 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 294 S[colopax] minor arvensis, the meadow snipe. 1799 B. S. Barton Fragments Nat. Hist. Pennsylvania 2 Spring and summer birds of passage... Little Wood-cock. (Meadow-snipe.) 1844 J. P. Giraud Birds Long Island 235 To some of the residents of the island it is known by the name of ‘Meadow Snipe’. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 233/1 Pectoral Sandpiper... [Also called] Jack Snipe; Grass-bird; Meadow Snipe. 1955 E. H. Forbush & J. R. May Nat. Hist. Amer. Birds 195 Marsh-plover..Meadow Snipe. < as lemmas |
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