| 单词 | shaft-tailed whydah |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshaft-tailed whydah shaft-tailed whydah n. (also shaft-tailed widow bird) a dark-coloured African weaver-bird, Vidua regia, having long tail-feathers with bare shafts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Viduinae (whydah) > types of painted finch1731 rooibek1867 king rooibekkie1868 shaft-tailed whydah1881 king of six1913 1881 F. Oates Matabele-Land facing p. 220 (caption) Shaft-tailed Whydah Bird. 1900 A. C. Stark Birds S. Afr. I. 148 Shaft-tailed Widow Bird... The four central, elongated tail-feathers are webbed at their ends.., the rest of them consists of bare shaft. 1948 C. D. Priest Eggs of Birds breeding in S. Afr. 135 Shaft-tailed Whydah..undoubtedly parasitic. 1974 Sci. Amer. Oct. 96/2 The shaft-tailed widow bird of South Africa..mimics the repertory of its host, the violet-eared waxbill. < as lemmas |
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