| 单词 | moss-head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoss-head moss-head n. U.S. regional the hooded merganser, Mergus cucullatus. ΚΠ 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 75 The colored women often use a large bunch of ‘Florida moss’, Tillandsia usneoides, as a cushion for the heavy loads they carry on their heads, and I am inclined to believe that ‘Moss-head’ was suggested by this practice, rather than by any resemblance to moss in the bird's crest. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 112/1 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnæus). Other Names.—..Moss-head. 1949 A. Sprunt & E. B. Chamberlain S. Carolina Bird Life 145 Hooded Merganser... Local names: hairyhead;..mosshead. < as lemmas |
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