| 单词 | black plover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack plover black plover n. now rare the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > member of genus Vanellus > vanellus vanellus (lapwing) lapwingc1050 wypec1325 tewhita1525 peewita1529 black plover1538 bastard plover1544 green plover1550 lappoint1584 peesweep1772 peeweepa1825 lapwing-gull1844 flapjack1847 teeack1869 flop-wing1885 peewee1886 silver plover1890 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Vpupa, a lapwynk or blacke plouer. 1560 tr. Albertus Magnus' Bk. Secretes f. I.iiiiv And yf the harte, eye or brayne of a lapwynge or blacke plouer, be hanged vpon a mans necke, it is profitable agaynste forgetfulnes. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Dixhuict, eighteene; also, a Lapwing, or Black-Plouer; (so tearmed because her ordinarie crie sounds not vnlike this word.) 1824 T. C. Croker Researches S. Ireland ix. 175 Cormick..could kill with his gun every bird that flew in air,—the wild duck, and the partridge, and the grouse, and black plover of the lonesome mountains! 1885 W. Aldridge Gossip Wild Birds Norwood & Crystal Palace Distr. 87 Peewit Plover, Lapwing, or Black Plover. Vanellus cristatus. Is not uncommon about here. 1920 Game Breeder Nov. 35/1 Prices for game in the London markets [in 1913]... Golden Plover, 10d to 1s each. Black Plover, 6d to 8d each. < as lemmas |
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