单词 | scissor-tailed flycatcher |
释义 | > as lemmasscissor-tailed flycatcher scissor-tailed flycatcher n. a tyrant flycatcher of North and Central America, Tyrannus forficatus, which has a very long deeply forked tail; also called swallow-tailed flycatcher.Cf. scissortail n. 1a. ΚΠ 1881 Bull. Illinois State Lab. Nat. Hist. No. 4. 206 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.—S. W. Essentially a southern species (but chiefly Mexican). 1913 Auk 30 83 A bird can be conspicuous in shape by being like a Scissors-tailed Flycatcher. 2009 K. C. Bender Texas Wildscapes ii. vi. 57/2 (caption) The beautiful and aerobatic scissor-tailed flycatcher is one of Texans' favorite birds. < as lemmas |
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