| 单词 | shell-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshell-bird shell-bird n. (a) Canadian the red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator; (b) nonce-use a tortoise. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Mergus (merganser) > mergus serrator (red-breasted merganser) red-breasted goosander1747 shell-bird1770 red-breasted merganser1776 serula1802 hairy-crown1888 hairy-head1888 1770 G. Cartwright Jrnl. Resid. Coast Labrador 2 Oct. (1792) I. 40 They returned with three shellbirds and a saddleback. 1921 D. H. Lawrence Tortoises 12 Nay, tiny shell-bird, What a huge vast inanimate it is, that you must row against. 1973 E. Goudie Woman of Labrador ii. iv. 102 Shell birds are not very good eating because they taste very fishy. < as lemmas |
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