| 单词 | bearded vulture |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbearded vulture bearded vulture n. a vulture native to mountainous regions of southern Europe, Asia, and Africa, Gypaetus barbatus, which has long narrow wings, and grey, orange-brown, and white plumage with a feathered head and black bristles under the chin.Also called lammergeyer.Cf. ossifrage n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture > gypaetus barbatus (bearded vulture) ossifrage1572 bearded vulture1750 bearded vulture1750 lammergeyer1822 lammervanger1830 1750 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds III. 106 The Bearded Vulture. This Bird is of the Bigness of an Eagle... From the Root of the lower Mandable of the Bill it hath a remarkable Tuft of Black Feathers, for which Reason I have called it bearded. 1889 C. G. Danford tr. Crown Prince of Austria Notes Sport & Ornithol. 484 Both my captive Bearded Vultures, the old bird as well as the young one, bore the sea-voyage quite well, but in rough weather they took no food. 1959 Illustr. London News 31 Oct. 563 (caption) This bearded vulture, known as a Lammergeyer,..was acquired by the London Zoo from Moscow. 2009 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 46 92 Bearded vultures Gypaetus barbatus were exterminated from the Alps in the late 19th century, mainly due to human persecution. bearded vulture bearded vulture n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture > gypaetus barbatus (bearded vulture) ossifrage1572 bearded vulture1750 bearded vulture1750 lammergeyer1822 lammervanger1830 1750 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds III. 106 The Bearded Vulture. This Bird is of the Bigness of an Eagle. 1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. 13 From which circumstance the name of Bearded Vulture is particularly applied to the present species. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 243/2 Lämmergeyer..or Bearded Vulture,..one of the grandest birds-of-prey of the Palæarctic Region. < as lemmas |
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