英语词汇“monkey-faced owl”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

monkey-faced owl n. U.S. colloquial the barn owl, Tyto alba; cf. monkey-face n. 4.

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1893 A. K. Fisher Hawks & Owls U.S. (U.S. Dept. Agric., Div. Ornithol. & Mammalogy, Bull. No. 3) 138 The peculiar and almost ludicrous expression of the physiognomy of this bird..has suggested..a fanciful resemblance to a monkey; hence the origin of the name ‘Monkey-faced Owl’, which is a comon appellation for the bird in many parts of the country, especially Florida.

1898 O. Davie Nests & Eggs N. Amer. Birds (ed. 5) (c1900) 233 A beautiful ochraceous-yellow or amber-coloured owl; sometimes called the ‘Monkey-faced Owl’.

1955 Amer. Speech 30 180 The barn owl is very generally called monkey-faced owl, a designation often shortened to monkey face.

1961 O. L. Austin Birds of World 154/1 Barn owls differ from the typical owls in their heart-shaped facial disk, which is so simian in aspect that the birds are often called ‘monkey-faced owls’.

单词	monkey-faced owl
释义	> as lemmas monkey-faced owl monkey-faced owl n. U.S. colloquial the barn owl, Tyto alba; cf. monkey-face n. 4. ΚΠ 1893 A. K. Fisher Hawks & Owls U.S. (U.S. Dept. Agric., Div. Ornithol. & Mammalogy, Bull. No. 3) 138 The peculiar and almost ludicrous expression of the physiognomy of this bird..has suggested..a fanciful resemblance to a monkey; hence the origin of the name ‘Monkey-faced Owl’, which is a comon appellation for the bird in many parts of the country, especially Florida. 1898 O. Davie Nests & Eggs N. Amer. Birds (ed. 5) (c1900) 233 A beautiful ochraceous-yellow or amber-coloured owl; sometimes called the ‘Monkey-faced Owl’. 1955 Amer. Speech 30 180 The barn owl is very generally called monkey-faced owl, a designation often shortened to monkey face. 1961 O. L. Austin Birds of World 154/1 Barn owls differ from the typical owls in their heart-shaped facial disk, which is so simian in aspect that the birds are often called ‘monkey-faced owls’. extracted from monkey-facedadj. < as lemmas
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