单词 | pied kingfisher |
释义 | > as lemmaspied kingfisher pied kingfisher n. either of two black and white kingfishers, Ceryle rudis of Asia and Africa, and Megaceryle lugubris of Asia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Alcedinidae > member of genus Ceryle kingfisher1440 pied kingfisher?1606 belted kingfisher1782 ?1606 M. Drayton Man in Moone in Poemes sig. H3v Long leau'd willow on whose bending spray, The pide kings-fisher..sat. 1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VII. 201 The whole plumage of this bird consists of black and white, broken and intermixed; and we have therefore termed it the Pied King-fisher. 1862 J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. 297/2 The Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) belongs to a genus also closely allied to Alcedo. 1865 Ibis 1 408 Pied Kingfisher. Appears to be the common species of Lower Bengal. 1993 New Scientist 6 Feb. 41/2 The pied kingfisher's unique ability to hover-hunt far offshore. < as lemmas |
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