单词 | bank jug |
释义 | > as lemmasbank jug bank jug n. English regional (now historical) either of two warblers of the genus Phylloscopus which build domed nests, the willow warbler, P. trochilus, and the chiffchaff, P. collybita; cf. jug n.1 2. ΚΠ 1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words 3 Bankjug, ‘Nettle-creeper’, of the West of England, according to the description I have received from some: but seems rather to be one of the ‘Willow-wood Wrens’ Phyllo-pneuste Hippolais, or ‘Chiff-Chaff’, of Mac Gillivray. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 26 Chiffchaff... Bank-bottle or -jug (Bedfordshire). From the shape and situation of its nest. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 26 Willow Warbler... Names arising from peculiarities of the nest. a. Locality. Bank jug. < as lemmas |
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