单词 | messenger bird |
释义 | > as lemmasmessenger bird messenger bird n. any of various birds (real or mythical) regarded as messengers, esp. of the gods or of the spirit world. ΚΠ 1825 F. D. Hemans in Forest Sanctuary 131 (title) The messenger-bird. 1835 F. A. Butler Jrnl. II. 54 That Messenger Bird threw more than a passing gloom over me. 1935 Man 35 63 The gru or crane..the symbolic messenger-bird of the goddess. < as lemmas |
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