单词 | partridge bird |
释义 | > as lemmaspartridge bird partridge bird n. U.S. †(a) the hermit thrush, Catharus guttatus (obsolete); (b) the fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca. ΚΠ 1868 Putnam's Mag. Aug. 153/2 A boy..said it [sc. the hermit-thrush] was the ‘partridge-bird’,—no doubt from the resemblance of its note, when disturbed, to the cluck of the partridge. 1955 Amer. Speech 30 180 Partridge bird (Fox sparrow, Labrador) seems to refer to the rufous-spotted coloration of the bird. < as lemmas |
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