| 单词 | rain goose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrain goose rain goose n. (also rein goose) Scottish (chiefly Orkney and Shetland) the red-throated diver, Gavia stellata, whose call is believed to herald rain. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Gariidae (divers and loons) > gavia stellata (red-throated diver) rain goose1703 red-throated ducker1747 red-throated loon1747 red-throated diver1768 sprat loon1768 scapegrace1835 sprat-borer1861 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 72 The Rain-goose bigger than a Duck, makes a doleful Noise before a great Rain. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 573 The birds are, eagles, marrots or auks, kingfishers, rain geese, muir fowls. 1882 Standard 22 Aug. 2/5 Rein geese and brent geese were seen. 1959 Scots Mag. Aug. 360 The red-throated diver—the ‘rain goose’, as it is familiarly known in the Hebrides and the Shetlands, though the bird is not a goose. < as lemmas |
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