| 单词 | paradise flycatcher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparadise flycatcher paradise flycatcher n. any of a number of monarch flycatchers comprising the genus Terpsiphone, having very long middle tail feathers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Monarchinae > other types of white-eared flycatcher1851 paradise flycatcher1862 1862 J. Richardson Mus. Nat. Hist. 334/1 The Paradise Flycatcher (Tchitrea paradisi).—This elegant species is found in all parts of India and in Ceylon. 1942 E. Afr. Ann. 1941–2 81/2 A pair of Paradise Flycatchers were..rearing two youngsters on a branch... Interesting birds these; for hereabouts the cock only reaches the cinnamon coloured stage of the long tail, which is pure white in birds from about 4,000 ft. down to the coast. 1992 Holiday Which? Sept. 184/3 You may be lucky enough to catch sight of the black paradise flycatcher, one of the world's most threatened birds. < as lemmas |
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