| 单词 | razorbill shearwater |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrazorbill shearwater 2. U.S. The black skimmer, Rynchops niger. Also razorbill shearwater. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of genus Rhynchops > rhynchops nigra (black skimmer) cutwater1733 razorbill1791 shear-bill1793 shearwater1794 scissor beak1833 scissorbill1833 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 295 Rhynchops niger; the shearwater or razor bill. 1844 Nat. Hist. N.Y., Zool. ii. 297 [The] Razor-bill, Cutwater, Flood Gull,..for it is known under all these names, reaches our coast from Tropical America in May. 1877 Galaxy Apr. 502/2 The red-beaked oyster bird flew by, and close down to the sea skimmed the razor-bill shear-water. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 187/2 Other English names applied to it in America are ‘Razorbill’, ‘Scissorbill’, and ‘Shearwater’. 1969 R. J. Longstreet Birds in Florida (ed. 4) 70 Razorbill... The long thin bill, which is black with a red base, has a short upper mandible. < as lemmas |
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