| 单词 | river swallow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver swallow river swallow n. (a) the sand martin, Riparia riparia (now rare); †(b) the bleak (fish), Alburnus alburnus (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > genus Leuciscus > leuciscus alburnus (bleak) blayc1000 bleak1496 bleise1598 river swallow1601 sea-chameleon1661 tailor1676 ablet1775 alburn1912 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Riparia (sand-martin) bank martnet1544 western1553 bank swallow1633 water swallow1633 bank martin1668 sand martin1668 land-martin1674 shore-bird1676 sand-swallow1797 river swallow1817 shore swallow1869 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. i. sig. aviv/2 The industry and subtilty of birds in building their neasts: of the ordinary Swallow, the river Swallow Argatilis.., and of Partridges. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler xvi. 205 There is also a Bleak, a fish that is ever in motion, and therefore called by some the River-Swallow . View more context for this quotation 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling 59 The bleak, on account of its eagerness to catch flies, is called by some, the river swallow. 1817 T. Forster Synoptical Catal. Brit. Birds 17 Hirundo riparia, Sand Martin, Sand Swallow, Bank Martin, Shorebird, or River Swallow. 1955 M. Sandoz Miss Morissa iii. 31 He watched the curve of her brows that were like the wings of a river swallow. < as lemmas |
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