单词 | red-footed |
释义 | red-footedadj. Chiefly in the names of birds and other animals: having red feet. See also Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of feet > having particular kind or colour of feet blue-footed1678 red-footed1678 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. ii. xvi. 371 (heading) The broad bill'd, red-footed Duck of Aldrovand, which I take to be the Hen-Shoveler. 1704 Dict. Rusticum at Geese A Wild-goose, if red-footed, is old and full of hair. 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 572 Red-Footed P[enguin]. 1831 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. IV. 358 Red-footed tern. Sterna hirundo. 1872 J. G. Wood Insects at Home 162 We..take for our first example of these Beetles the Red-footed Weevil (Bruchus rufimanus). 1995 Jrnl. Herpetol. 29 286/1 Samples of blood from a red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria) were preserved. Compounds red-footed booby n. a widespread gannet of tropical oceans, Sula sula, with variable plumage and prominent red legs and feet. ΚΠ 1848 R. H. Schomburgk Hist. Barbados iii. v. 682 The Red Footed Booby. 1904 Condor 6 93 The red-footed booby, Sula piscator,..always builds in bushes,..never on the ground. 2003 Outside Jan. 36/1 What seemed like hundreds of red-footed boobies and lesser frigates called overhead. red-footed falcon n. either of two small, migratory falcons, Falco vespertinus of eastern Europe and central Asia and F. amurensis of eastern Asia, the males of which are mainly dark slate-grey with red legs and feet. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco vespertinus (red-footed falcon) red-legged falcon1829 red-footed falcon1833 1833 P. J. Selby Illustr. Brit. Ornithol. (ed. 2) I. 46 Red-footed Falcon. 1837 J. Gould Birds Europe I. Pl. 23 Red-footed Falcon. Falco rufipes... Our bird is the Orange-legged Hobby and Ingrian Falcon of Dr. Latham. 1939 Greece & Rome 8 142 Kestrels were common enough, and the much rarer Red-footed Falcon was also present. 2006 Bird Watching Aug. 99 Other rarities ranged from numbers of Red-footed Falcons (up to ten), to a brief Squacco Heron. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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