单词 | quail-snipe |
释义 | > as lemmasquail-snipe quail-snipe n. (a) U.S. regional a dowitcher (genus Limnodromus); †(b) a seed-snipe (family Thinocoridae); (obsolete rare).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1844 J. E. DeKay Zool. N.Y. II. 255 The Dowitchee, Red-breasted Snipe, Quail snipe, or Brown-back, arrives on the coast of New-York towards the latter part of April. 1886 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. ii Quail-snipes, the family Thinocoridæ. 1955 Amer. Speech 30 180 Quail snipe definitely refers to the plump body and ruddy breast of the dowitcher. < as lemmas |
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