| 单词 | sheath bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmassheath bill sheath bill n. a sea-bird of the genus Chionis, having the basal part of the bill ensheathed in a horny case. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Chionis (sheath bill) sheath bill1781 kelp-pigeon1886 paddy bird1894 1781 T. Pennant Genera of Birds (new ed.) 43 Sheath-bill. 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 47 Sheathbills (Chionidæ). 1902 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 208 A mother penguin cannot leave her egg for a moment but what a sheath-bill, Chionis, dashes its beak into it. < as lemmas |
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