| 单词 | mule bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmule bird mule bird n. now rare = mule canary n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Serinus > serinus canaria (canary) > cross between canary and another finch mule bird1768 mule canary1853 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 317 These birds will produce with the goldfinch and linnet, and the offspring is called a mule-bird, because, like that animal, it proves barren. a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XIX. 344/1 This readiness to pair with other species, seems almost peculiar to the female... The young ones are called Mule Birds. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) The commonest mule bird is the cross between a canary and goldfinch. < as lemmas |
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