单词 | robin snipe |
释义 | > as lemmasrobin snipe robin snipe n. North American any of various shorebirds; esp.: (a) the knot, Calidris canutus, esp. in its red-breasted breeding plumage; (b) a dowitcher (genus Limnodromus). ΚΠ 1803 S. Mitchill Let. 5 July in Med. Repository (1804) 2nd Hexade 2 123/1 Robin snipe. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 256 Robin-snipe... Bill equalling or rather exceeding the head. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 229 Dowitcher... Other Names.—Robin Snipe; Sea Pigeon, [etc.]. 1955 Amer. Speech 30 181 The knot is robin snipe generally on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. 2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 29 Jan. t12 More sculptures—of ptarmigan grouse, robin snipe and a pond..with sitting birds—sit atop an old desk. < as lemmas |
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