| 单词 | painted snipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspainted snipe painted snipe n. either of two snipe-like wading birds constituting the family Rostratulidae, Rostratula benghalensis of Africa, Asia, and Australia, and Nycticryphes semicollaris of South America, the female of both species being more brightly coloured than the male, having a mainly brown and chestnut body with black and white markings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of (miscellaneous) painted snipe1811 pressiroster1842 seedsnipe1889 crab plover1893 1811 Sporting Mag. 63 Called the painted snipe. 1896 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. IV 886 The so-called Painted Snipes, forming the genus Rostratula, or Rhynchæa... Three species are now admitted, natives respectively of South America, Africa and southern Asia and Australia. 1985 C. M. Perrins & A. L. A. Middleton Encycl. Birds 180 The intricate plumage of painted snipes is both extremely beautiful and a wonderful disruptive camouflage. < as lemmas |
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