| 单词 | seed bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseed bird seed bird n. (a) a bird that feeds mainly on seeds (now rare); †(b) British regional a bird that forages in newly ploughed land in the spring, esp. a wagtail (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Motacilla > motacilla alba (pied wagtail) washerc1325 washstarta1400 wevesterte14.. water swallow1544 dishwasher1575 water-wagtail1593 dishwater1674 seed bird1675 pied wagtail1744 willy wagtail1780 washerwoman1817 wash-dish1825 moll-washer1847 deviling1853 devil's bird1853 tinner1866 peggy1885 the world > animals > birds > defined by habitat > [noun] > aquatic or swimming bird > marine sea-fowl1340 sea-bird1589 guano1697 seed bird1791 ocean fowl1864 sea-runner1872 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus canus (common gull) meweOE larea1425 sea-mawc1425 seamewc1430 mow1440 maw?a1513 sea-cob1530 camose1542 seagull1542 cob1574 mevy1616 sea-pigeon1620 tarrock1674 sea-mall1676 sea-moit1681 gor1697 seed bird1791 1675 J. Blagrave New Additions Art Husbandry (new ed.) 110 A Seed-Bird very seldom dungs too hard. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 237 Moreover it [sc. the white Wagtail] follows the Plough, to gather the Worms..: As our Husbandmen have told me of their own observation; who therefore call it the Seed-bird, as Mr. Johnson informed me. 1791 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. I. 67 Sea fowls appear here in great numbers in the spring, about seed-time; they follow the plough and are thence called seed-birds. 1854 Bird Keeper's Guide & Compan. 38 A soft meat bird cannot be brought to breed with a seed bird; otherwise we should find some fanciers who would cross the nightingale with the canary. 1865 Zoologist 23 9680 This species [sc. the grey wagtail] is here a summer migrant, leaving late in autumn and returning about the sowing time, whence probably its local name of ‘seed-bird’. 1979 Asian Folklore Stud. 38 146 The agricultural innovations now taking place in Khuzestan promise the seed birds unparalleled benefits. < as lemmas |
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