| 单词 | rain cuckoo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrain cuckoo rain cuckoo n. now rare any of several New World cuckoos; esp. (formerly) †the chestnut-bellied cuckoo, Hyetornis pluvialis, of Jamaica (obsolete); cf. rainbird n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > piaya pluvialis old man1694 rain-fowl1694 rainbird1725 rain cuckoo1782 hunter1847 1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 535 Long-billed Rain Cuckow. ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. IV. 490 The Rain Cuckoo... It is also called the rain bird because it never calls except before rain. 1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. i. 124 (heading) Rain cuckow. (Cuculus pluvialis). 1971 Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids) 22 June 3/1 The American rain cuckoo is often called the ‘rain prophet’. < as lemmas |
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