单词 | plume hunter |
释义 | > as lemmasplume hunter plume hunter n. a person who hunts and kills wild birds for their feathers. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowler > [noun] > for plumage plume hunter1887 plumer1893 1887 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. 6/2 Plume hunters have destroyed about all the Florida rookeries. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 24 Oct. 16/3 In Florida..the Audubon Societies are employing armed warders to protect the remaining egrets against the plume-hunter. 1990 P. Matthiessen Killing Mister Watson (1991) 153 Already the fish was getting few because every creek down in the Islands was crawling with plume hunters and gator skinners. < as lemmas |
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