| 单词 | openbill stork |
| 释义 | > as lemmasopenbill stork Either of two snail-eating storks of the genus Anastomus, A. lamelligerus of Africa and A. oscitans of Asia, which have mandibles that only meet at the tips, leaving a wide gap in the middle of the closed bill. Also openbill stork. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ciconiidae (stork) > genus Anastomus (open-bill) openbill1837 open-beak1838 shell-eater1869 gaper1871 shell-ibis1894 snail-eater1894 clapper-bill1906 1837 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds II. 174 The tufted umbre..is obviously allied to the open-bills (Anastomus, Ill.), a singular form, remarkable for a thick and very powerful bill gaping in the middle. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III iii. 655 Open-bill (French Bec-ouvert), one of the names given to birds of the genus Anastomus. 1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest vi. 109 An openbill stork, lank and dark. 1975 B. F. King & E. C. Dickenson Field Guide Birds of South-east Asia 51 Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans... Adult: open space between mandibles diagnostic. 1992 New Scientist 5 Dec. 43/3 The world's largest colony of the Asian Openbill Stork is in the temple grounds at Wat Phai Lom. < as lemmas |
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