| 单词 | peacock fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeacock fly peacock fly n. Angling a kind of artificial fly dressed with a peacock's feather; cf. peacock hackle n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler vii. 325 There is also..the Peacock-fly: the body made of the whirl of a peacock's feather. 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 300 Willow-cricket, or small peacock fly. 1895 G. M. Kelson Salmon Fly 194 The Peacock Fly... An old standard on the Lochy and Spean. 1929 Times 1 Feb. 15/5 Others may dream of..the ice-fringed rivers of Sutherland, or the Beauly, where they hurl a peacock-fly as big as a bird. 1998 Miami Herald (Nexis) 30 Oct. 9 d There were no commercial peacock flies, so I had to make mine up... Small, with bright colors and a lot of flashy material. < as lemmas |
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