| 单词 | nettle-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnettle-bird nettle-bird n. English regional the whitethroat, Sylvia communis. ΚΠ 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 415 Nettle-bird, the white-throat. 1857 Naturalist 7 92 I presume that the Whitethroat or Nettle-Creeper is the species intended by the Nettle-Bird. 1885 C. Swainson Provincial Names & Folklore Brit. Birds 23 From its habit of creeping through the lower parts of hedges where nettles are abundant, it [sc. the whitethroat] has received the names of Nettle-creeper: Nettle monger... Nettle bird (Leicestershire). < as lemmas |
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