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单词 red-beak
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red-beak
red-beak n. [with reference to the common waxbill after South African Dutch roodebekje rooibekkie n.] South African Obsolete (a) the common waxbill, Estrilda astrild (cf. rooibekkie n.); (b) the red-faced mousebird, Urocolius indicus, which has a facial mask of bare red skin (rare).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. I. 312 The Loxia Astrild, on account of its red beak, was called Rood-beckje, or Red-beak, and was found in great numbers in the farmers gardens.
1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. xii. 266 The Roode-bekje (Red beak), a small finch,..is a very common bird.
1890 A. Martin Home Life 18 Another soft-voiced little singer is the rooibeck, or red-beak, a wee thing very like an avadavat.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Redbeak, a South-African mouse-bird.
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