单词 | black swallow |
释义 | > as lemmasblack swallow black swallow n. (a) English regional the common swift, Apus apus; (b) Caribbean the American black swift, Cypseloides niger. ΚΠ 1764 Catal. Birds, Insects exhibiting at Spring-Gardens 12 The Great Black Swallow, or Swift. 1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VI. 554 The Black Swallow... This bird, which inhabits St. Domingo, is somewhat differently shaped from the Swift. 1889 Folk-lore Jrnl. 7 44 If the ‘black swallows’ (Hirundo Apus. Linn.) are out, there will be no luck [in fishing]. 1960 J. Bond Birds W. Indies 132 Black Swift Cypseloides niger. Local names: Swallow; Black Swallow; Rain Bird. < as lemmas |
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