| 单词 | pied starling |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspied starling pied starling n. (a) the Bourbon crested starling, Fregilupus varius, an extinct starling of the Indian Ocean island of Réunion (now rare); (b) a dark brown starling of roadsides and grasslands in southern Africa, Spreo bicolor, distinguished by conspicuous white undertail coverts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Sturnidae > genus Spreo pied starling1792 sprew1795 1792 New Syst. Nat. Hist. II. 334 The pied Starling of the Cape of Good Hope. 1901 Nature 10 Jan. 254/2 A notable loss is the handsome crested pied starling..which is believed to have become extinct about the middle of the [19th] century. 1923 A. K. Haagner & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life (rev. ed.) 82 First in order of classification comes the Spreeuw, or Pied Starling (Spreo bicolor), which is very common throughout South Africa. 1971 Eng. Usage Southern Afr. 2 ii. 10 Pied starling..alt: witgatspreeu. < as lemmas |
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