单词 | black-billed cuckoo |
释义 | > as lemmasblack-billed cuckoo black-billed cuckoo n. a North American brownish-olive cuckoo, Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, which has a black bill and a red eye-ring. ΚΠ 1811 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. IV. 16 Black-billed cuckoo: Cuculus erythrophthalma;..fond of..creeks, feeding on small shell fish. 1875 Rep. Reconnaissance Black Hills Dakota (U.S. Army Corps Engineers) 94 Black-billed cuckoo. This species was abundant about Fort Lincoln late in June. 1904 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music 15 His near relative the Black-billed Cuckoo is by far the better singer. 1996 L. Scanlan Heading Home viii. 176 It has been a good summer..for seeing birds—hummingbirds and woodcocks and black-billed cuckoos. < as lemmas |
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