单词 | ruff-necked |
释义 | > as lemmasruff-necked ruff-necked ΚΠ 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 269 Ruff-necked Parrot... When it erects the neck feathers, it makes the appearance of a ruff round the head. 1838 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. IV. 555 Ruff-Necked Humming Bird. Trochilus Rufus. 1932 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 420/2 Anchor looked up and saw his antagonist, a huge-headed, ruff-necked beast slavering at the mouth. 2005 Huntingdon Libr. Q. 68 57 The stout Henry VIII..and his ruff-necked younger daughter are so iconic that the images themselves serve as pictorial metonyms for the biography and history behind them. < as lemmas |
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