| 单词 | quaketail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquaketail ΚΠ 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Quake-tail, the yellow wagtails are so called from their habit of constantly moving their tails. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 43 Pied wagtail (Motacilla lugubris). 1. From the habit of jerking their tails while running, and also when alighting after a short flight, this family of birds derive their names of Wagtail... Quaketail. [etc.] 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 758 Quaketail, a book-name invented for the Yellow Wagtail and its allies, after they had been generically separated from Motacilla as Budytes. < as lemmas |
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