单词 | sharptailed |
释义 | > as lemmassharp-tailed ΚΠ 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1494) iii. xvi[i.] m iv And vnder that falshede Hony shed oute sharpe tayled lyke a bee. sharp-tailed sharp-tailed adj. having a tapering tail or pointed tail-feathers; spec. in names of birds and animals having this characteristic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of tail > having particular shape of tail forked1674 sharp-tailed1678 forked-tailed1692 fork-tailed1694 scissor-tailed1811 square-tailed1895 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 364 The sharp-tail'd Island Duck of Wormius. 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 306 Sharp-tailed Grous. 1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VI. 461 The Sharp-tailed Goat~sucker. 1834 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. II. 281 The Sharp-tailed Finch. < as lemmas |
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