单词 | scops |
释义 | scopsn. A genus of Strigidæ containing nearly forty species distinguished by plumicorns upon the head; now usually scops owl. Also a member of this genus, a horn-owl. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > otus scops (scops owl) horn-owl1601 horn-coot1650 scops1706 cue-owl1855 1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 129 Scops. E.O. [i.e. belonging to the division ‘Eared Owls’.] 1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. i. 234 The Scops is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, and is of a migratory nature. 1825 Sporting Mag. 15 271 The scops or little horned owl. 1887 Atheuæum 19 Mar. 387/2 The little scops owl. Compounds scops-eared adj. having plumicorns upon the head, the characteristic feature of Scops.Probably arising from a misunderstanding of quot. 1781 at main sense above. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [adjective] > of parts of scops-eared1825 1825 P. J. Selby Illustr. Brit. Ornithol.: Pt. 1st i. 56 Scops-eared Owl. 1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 551 The Scops-eared Owl..is remarkable for its diminutive size. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1706 |
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