| 单词 | skunk blackbird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskunk blackbird skunk blackbird n. chiefly U.S. the bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, the male of which is black with a yellowish nape and white markings on the wings and back; (= skunk bird n.); (also) †the red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Dolichonyx (bobolink) ortolan1666 ricebird1709 reed-bird1764 bobolink1774 rice bunting1781 butter bird1790 October bird1793 skunk blackbird1829 skunk bird1831 rice troupial1836 meadow-wink1884 1829 J. Macauley Nat., Statist., & Civil Hist. State N.-Y. I. 439 Small black bird with white on its wings, or skunk black bird. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Skunk blackbird, the common marsh blackbird, so called in the rural districts of New England, New York, and Canada West. 1907 Oölogist 24 22/2 On the uncultivated meadows, both in dry and wet situations, the skunk black bird abounds. 2010 T. Warhol & M. Schenck Birdwatcher's Daily Compan. 261/1 The male bobolink's black-and-white plumage and yellow head prompted the nickname of skunk blackbird. < as lemmas |
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