| 单词 | red falcon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred falcon red falcon n. †(a) a South-East Asian falcon, perhaps a race of the peregrine, Falco peregrinus (obsolete); †(b) a yearling female peregrine (obsolete); (c) British regional the merlin, Falco columbarius.Cf. red hawk n., red tiercel n. ΚΠ 1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ Pl. 9 Falco ruber Indicus..The Red Indian Falcon.] 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 81 The Red Falcon. 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. II. 22 The Red Falcon is so called, not because the feathers are all over red, but because the spots which are white in others are red and black in this... Mr. Ray doubts whether this is a distinct species or not. 1826 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 6) I. 17 The female yearling is termed a red Falcon, the male a red Tercel. 1890 J. Watson Nature & Woodcraft viii The Keeper's ‘red falcon’ is the beautiful Merlin. < as lemmas |
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