单词 | baboon bird |
释义 | > as lemmasbaboon bird baboon bird n. Brit. /bəˈbuːn bəːd/ , U.S. /bæˈbun ˌbərd/ , West African English /baˈbun ˌbɛd/ rare a bird that is thought to resemble a baboon or other monkey in some way; spec. †(a) the crimson fruitcrow, Haematoderus militaris (family Cotingidae), of South America (obsolete); (b) the red-billed helmet-shrike, Prionops caniceps (family Prionopidae), of West Africa.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > miscellaneous night-raveneOE cold-finch1676 crane1678 diver1694 solitary1708 wheat-bird1747 yellow-bill1775 Chinese thrush1781 whidah thrush1781 tomtit1789 solitaire1797 year-bird1798 softbill1830 swift-shrike1841 scissor bird1843 seed finch1862 sea-flyer1869 stalker1872 seven sisters1873 dicky bird1879 baboon bird1883 1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana 116 The bird (Threnœdus Militaris) called in the colony baboon-bird from the resemblance of its deep note to the ‘baboon’ or red howling monkey. 1900 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 1899–1900 22 37 Sigmodus Caniceps... Known to English-speaking Liberians as ‘Baboon bird’. < as lemmas |
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