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单词 pirate bird
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pirate bird
pirate bird n. a bird whose habits are suggestive of piracy; a kleptoparasitic bird; spec. (a) a skua (obsolete); (b) a frigate bird.
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1842 W. MacGillivray Man. Brit. Ornithol. II. 255 Cataractes Skua. Brown or Skua Pirate-Bird.
1919 W. S. Maugham Moon & Sixpence liii. 233 The pirate birds were screeching among the leaves of the palms.
1997 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 19 Sept. l4 ‘I call them pirate birds,’ Turgeon said. ‘I think they're appropriate for this area.’
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