| 单词 | mountain sparrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain sparrow mountain sparrow n. [after post-classical Latin passer montanus (U. Aldrovandi Ornithologia (1603))] (a) the tree sparrow, Passer montanus (now rare); (b) North American a white-crowned sparrow of the subspecies Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha (family Emberizidae), of the high Sierras and Rocky Mountains. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > genus Passer > passer montanus (tree sparrow) mountain sparrow1668 tree sparrow1770 tree-finch1783 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. 150 Mountain Sparrow. 1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 634/1 This is the mountain-sparrow of Ray, and is a bird of Europe. 1875 A. R. Wallace in Encycl. Brit. I. 84/2 The mountain sparrow (Passer montana) is abundant in Java and Singapore. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 600 Mountain-Sparrow [is] the Tree-Sparrow. < as lemmas |
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