| 单词 | purple heron |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurple heron purple heron n. a large, slender Old World heron, Ardea purpurea, which has a reddish-buff head and neck and reddish-purple underparts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Ardea (heron) > miscellaneous types of blue heron1565 white heron1575 blue heron1731 squacco1752 frog-catcher1782 purple heron1785 great blue1838 Goliath1860 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 96 Purple H[eron]... Size of the common H[eron]. 1837 J. Gould Birds Europe IV. Pl. 274 The food of the Purple Heron consists of fish, frogs, mice, and insects. 1995 New Scientist 2 Dec. 52/1 A purple heron is a splash of colour and grace on the edge of a marsh. < as lemmas |
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