单词 | savis warbler |
释义 | Savi's warblern. A migratory warbler, Locustella luscinioides (family Sylviidae), breeding in reed beds from Europe to central Asia, which resembles the reed warbler ( Acrocephalus scirpaceus) but has a reeling song similar to that of the grasshopper warbler ( L. naevia). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Locustella (grasshopper-warbler) grasshopper lark1766 grasshopper warbler1790 Savi's warbler1843 reel-bird1856 reeler1866 Pallas's warbler1881 mowing-machine bird1887 1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds I. p. vi Savi's Warbler... Of this interesting addition to our British Birds a figure and descriptive particulars are given. 1925 19th Cent. & After May 839 Savi's warbler had the curious fate in England of being discovered only some thirty years before it was exterminated. 1956 Brit. Birds 49 326 The rufous brown colour of the back and lack of streaking..together with such short bursts of reeling indicated a Savi's Warbler (L. luscinioides). 2003 Sunday Express (Nexis) 15 June 70 A Savi's warbler gave an endless, cricket-like reel that reminded me of the electric buzz of overhead power lines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843 |
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