| 单词 | prairie falcon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprairie falcon prairie falcon n. a large, pale brown falcon, Falco mexicanus, of dry, open country of western North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > other types of carrion-kite1581 chickenhawk?a1775 New Zealand falcon1781 shaheen1839 falconet1851 prairie falcon1858 Eleonora falcon1859 quail hawk1873 bush-hawk1882 longwing1964 1858 S. F. Baird Birds (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route Pacific IX) ii. p. xxv, in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (33rd Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 91) Falco (Gennaia) polyagrus, Cassin. Prairie Falcon. Western North America. 1947 R. Bedichek Adventures with Texas Naturalist xiii. 158 I once saw a young jack [rabbit] darting from cover to cover like an artful and seasoned dodger to avoid the stoops of a prairie falcon. 1994 Nature Conservancy Mar. 33/1 Twenty-two species of raptors—such as rare ferruginous hawks, golden eagles, prairie falcons..—make their home on this 15-mile stretch of the waterway. < as lemmas |
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