单词 | black martin |
释义 | > as lemmasblack martin black martin n. English regional the common swift, Apus apus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Apodidae > genus Apus > apus apus (swift) martinet1440 martleta1460 marlet1530 swift1668 black martin1673 Apus1774 longwing1786 deviling1797 devilet1828 flap-wing1834 squealer1854 devil1885 devil bird1885 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 86 The black Martin or Swift; Hirundo apus. 1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 464 There are four distinct species of birds, that go under the general name swallow; viz. the swift or black martin; 2. the swallow..; [etc.]. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 363/1 The Common Swift..is the..Screech Martin..and Black Martin of the country-people. 1938 Times 14 May 13/5 An old friend writes to me that C. A. Johns, backed by J. A. Owen, gives black martin and martlet as occasional names of the swift. 2000 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Suppl.) 25 Swifts were Black Martins or Skirrs. < as lemmas |
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