单词 | bar-goose |
释义 | † bar-goosen. Obsolete. The barnacle-goose: see barnacle n.2 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta leucopsis (barnacle goose) barnaclea1227 tree-goose1597 bar-goose1606 Scots goose1668 barnacle goose1840 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 30 The (Trees-brood) Bar-geese, mid th' Hebridian waue..their far-flow'n wings doo waue. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 25 Such..garbes, as..transclouts them into gant bar-geese, ill-shapen shotten shell-fish, Egyptian Hieroglyphicks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1606 |
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