| 单词 | oliveback |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoliveback oliveback n. (a) North American. Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus (cf. olive-backed thrush n., olive thrush n.); (b) any of several African waxbills of the genus Nesocharis, with an olive-green back and a grey or black head. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > catharus guttatus (hermit-thrush) > catharus ustulatus (Swainson's thrush) warbler thrush1817 olive-backed thrush1842 oliveback1845 Swainson's thrush1869 olive thrush1904 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvi. 143 The olive-backs trolled and chanted among the trees. 1892 B. Torrey Foot-path Way 19 The olive backs began to make themselves heard. 1955 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant Birds of E. & N.E. Afr. II. 1032 Grey-headed Olive-back. Nesocharis capistrata. 1995 B. van Perlo Birds of Eastern Afr. Pl. 92 (caption) Grey-headed oliveback Nesocharis capistrata... Undergrowth of forest edges and wet, wooded and bushed areas. < as lemmas |
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