单词 | rocket bird |
释义 | > as lemmasrocket bird rocket bird n. now rare a paradise flycatcher, Terpsiphone paradisi, of South and South-East Asia. ΚΠ 1830 Gleanings Sci. 2 162 The rocket bird and pheasants will attract his particular attention. 1902 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 326/2 The rocket-bird falls slanting across your path, and its plaintive note calls back to your memory the whine of the Mauser bullet. 2005 A. Nair Mistress 337 Some people call it the rocket bird and others the ribbon bird, but its real name is the paradise flycatcher. < as lemmas |
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