| 单词 | red-necked avocet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred-necked avocet red-necked avocet n. either of two avocets with black and white plumage and (in the breeding season) a reddish-brown head and neck: †(a) the American avocet, Recurvirostra americana (obsolete rare); (b) the avocet of Australia, R. novaehollandiae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Recurvirostridae > member of genus Recurvirostra (avocet) scooper1668 shoeing-horn1668 crooked-bill1705 cobbler's awl1759 picarini1770 yelper1770 avocet1771 scooping avocet1776 red-necked avocet1823 bluestocking1844 shoehorn1864 1823 E. James Acct. Exped. Rocky Mts II. 303 At the place of our evening encampment, we saw the red-necked avoset (recurvirostra americana), the minute tern (sterna minuta), and several other strand birds. 1824 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds X. 40 Red-necked avoset..inhabits the shores of the south of Asia, and is to be met with in various ornithological collections. 1874 Ibis July 259 The Red-necked Avocet, which is perhaps the most beautiful of the four known species, chiefly inhabits Australia. 1984 K. Simpson & N. Day Birds Austral. 302 The Banded Stilt and Red-necked Avocet are endemic Australians. < as lemmas |
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