| 单词 | rice sparrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrice sparrow rice sparrow n. [compare Malay (regional: Perak) ciak padi ( < ciak small chattering bird, sparrow, finch +padi paddy n.1)] the Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora (family Estrildidae), which frequents rice fields in Asia (cf. ricebird n. 3); (also) the dusky mannikin of Borneo, Lonchura fuscans, of the same family. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > genus Padda (Java sparrow) rice sparrow1704 paddy bird1727 Java sparrow1743 ricebird1743 1704 tr. J. Nieuhof Voy. E.-Indies in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. II. 357/2 The Rice Sparrows are no bigger than our ordinary Sparrows. 1895 Argosy Dec. 201/2 The broad, graceful leaves of the plantain and the brilliantly colored crotons nodded in an easy, stately, oriental sort of way..while a little rice sparrow in a mango tree swelled its tiny feathered throat. 1958 Geogr. Jrnl. 124 59 The rice ‘sparrow’ (Lonchura fuscans), a dove..and the Malayan rice rat are nuisances, if not pests. < as lemmas |
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