| 单词 | quaker bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasQuaker bird Quaker bird n. any of various birds with partly or wholly grey or brown plumage (cf. sense 4b); spec. †(a) a sooty albatross (genus Phoebetria) (obsolete); (b) U.S. (now historical) the cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum; (c) the monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus. ΚΠ 1772 J. R. Forster Jrnl. 5 Dec. in ‘Resolution’ Jrnl. (1982) II. 189 We saw some Quackerbirds. 1872 Chambers's Encycl. I. 106/2 There are seven species of this genus. One of these (D. fuliginosa), chiefly found within the Antarctic Circle, is called by sailors the Quaker Bird, on account of the prevailing brown colour of its plumage. 1890 Birds Pennsylvania 258 Ampelis cedrorum... Cedar Waxwing... Quaker-bird. 1927 Times 31 Jan. 8/4 About 46 birds were missing. They include parrakeets, love birds, and Quaker birds. 1998 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 10 Dec. a12/4 Ken's index includes the obsolete bird names... Quaker bird is the cedar waxwing. < as lemmas |
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