| 单词 | savannah blackbird |
| 释义 | > as lemmassavannah blackbird savannah blackbird n. the smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani, a noisy and gregarious black bird of the cuckoo family, found in open habitats from Florida to Argentina. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > member of genus Crotophaga > crotophaga ani savannah bird1694 savannah blackbird1756 keel-bill1811 black witch1837 tick-bird1850 tick-eater1903 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 474 The Savanna Blackbird. This bird is about the size of a Barbary Dove.., black all over, and splay-footed like a parrot. 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 179/2 The Savannah blackbird of the English colonists, and the great blackbird of Sloane. 1912 Summary (Elmira, N.Y.) 4 May 7/3 The Crotophaga... The best known of the three species..is often called the Savannah blackbird. 2005 R. B. Payne Cuckoos 174/1 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani... Other names: Black Witch, Tick Bird, Savanna Blackbird. < as lemmas |
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