| 单词 | racket-tailed | 
| 释义 | racket-tailedadj.  In the names of birds, esp. certain hummingbirds, parrots, and drongos: having a tail that bears a pair of rackets (racket n.1 5). Cf. racket-tail n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > 			[adjective]		 > relating to the humming-birds racket-tailed1781 trochilidine1885 1781    J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. 782 		(heading)	  				Racket-tailed H[umming] B[ird]. 1812    G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII.  i. 317  				The Racket-tailed Humming Bird is a rare species, and is a native of South America. 1869    A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. xviii. 428  				Among them are two species of singular raquet-tailed parrots. 1894    ‘Eha’ Naturalist on Prowl 178  				The ever-changing..notes of the Racket-tailed Drongo. 1930    Discovery Dec. 415/2  				The beautiful little racket-tailed magpies, of which the grey hooded species invariably places a dome of thorns over its nest. 1987    Bull. Brit. Ornithologists' Club 107 20 		(title)	  				The display of the booted racket-tailed hummingbird Ocreatus underwoodii. 1990    C. M. Perrins Illustr. Encycl. Birds 357/1  				The Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo is primarily insectivorous, catching its prey in flight as well as taking it from the ground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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