单词 | rotchie |
释义 | rotchien. Now rare. = rotche n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > alle alle (little auk) ice bird1620 rotge1694 rotche1806 rotchie1806 sea-dove1826 king-auk1851 dovekie1917 1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 197 Ratch, Little auk, Alca Alle.—In Shetland, rotch and rotchie. 1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Auk—Little Alca Alle... Provincial. In Zetland is called Rochie, Rotch, or Ratch. 1859 F. L. M'Clintock Voy. ‘Fox’ 139 The rotchie or little auk lays its single egg upon the bare rock. 1923 G. F. Ferris in Biol. Surv. Pribilof Islands (U.S. Dept. Agric.) ii. 141 This species has previously been recorded but twice, both times from the little auk or rotchie, Alle (Mergulus) alle, of Europe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1806 |
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