| 单词 | mulberry-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmulberry-bird mulberry-bird adj. and n. (a) Australian the figbird, Sphecotheres viridis, a fruit-eating bird of the oriole family; †(b) the rose-coloured starling, Sturnus roseus (obsolete rare).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Oriolidae > genus Oriolus (oriole) > other types of commander1812 mango-bird1839 mulberry-bird1891 1891 A. J. North in Rec. Austral. Mus. I. 113 It [sc. the Southern Sphecotheres] is fairly common on the Tweed River, where it is locally known as the ‘Mulberry-bird’, from the decided preference it evinces for that species of fruit. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Mulberry-bird, the rose-colored pastor. 1966 N. W. Cayley What Bird is That? (ed. 4) 21 Southern Figbird... Also called Mulberry-bird and Banana-bird... Flocks may be seen feeding in native fruit- and berry-bearing trees, and sometimes in orchards, where they eat mulberries, figs, and other soft fruits. < as lemmas |
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