| 单词 | sea-woodcock |
| 释义 | > as lemmassea-woodcock sea-woodcock n. (a) some West Indian bird; (b) applied in dialect to various birds, e.g. the bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica, the oystercatcher or sea-pie n.1, and the little grebe, Trachybaptes fluviatilis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > unspecified > aquatic or shore calmewec1430 dicken1579 gravell1618 gravelin1621 sea-woodcock1666 pilot bird1678 pink1694 Poor John1775 fraik1812 bay-snipe1856 wing-wader1867 bay-bird1889 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 106 There is another kind of Becunes, by some called Sea-Wood-Cocks from the figure of the Beak. a1682 Sir T. Browne Acct. Fishes Norfolk in Wks. (1835) IV. 329 A scolopax or sea woodcock of Rondeletius. 1887 A. C. Smith Birds Wilts. 423 In consequence of their great length of beak, they [sc. the bar-tailed godwits] are often called ‘Sea Woodcocks’. < as lemmas |
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