| 单词 | saw-whetter |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaw-whetter saw-whetter n. (a) = saw-whet n.; (b) the marsh titmouse, Parus palustris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Paridae > [noun] > genus Parus (tit) > parus palustris (marsh tit) black cap1668 marsh titmouse1673 marsh tit1802 saw-whetter1885 fen titmouse- 1784 J. Belknap Jrnl. 24 July in Tour to White Mts. (1876) 10 The Dr. saw a blue bird, with a white head, which is said to be a saw-whetter, alias carrion-bird. 1840 P. H. Gosse Canad. Naturalist 92 The sound..is usually thought to resemble the whetting of a saw, and hence the bird from which it proceeds is called the Saw-whetter. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 33 Marsh Titmouse (Parus palustris)..Saw whetter. < as lemmas |
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