| 单词 | boat-tailed grackle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboat-tailed grackle boat-tailed grackle n. any of several American grackles of the genus Quiscalus (family Icteridae) having keel-shaped tails; spec. Q. major, found in coastal areas of the south-eastern United States. ΚΠ 1790 J. Latham Index Ornithol. II. 191 Boat-tailed Grakle. 1850 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. (ed. 2) II. 150 The boat-tailed grackle (Quisqualus). 1895 C. Bendire Life Hist. N. Amer. Birds 256 The Boat-tailed Grackle, also locally known as the ‘Thrush Blackbird’, ‘Boat-tailed Blackbird’, and ‘Jackdaw’, is an abundant resident in the southern portions of its range. 1954 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 17 Apr. 42/1 I would have the devil's own time delineating a robin from a Super Constellation, much less a blue-gray gnatcatcher from a boat-tailed grackle. 2009 D. Ackerman Dawn Light 36 Combining a buzzer, caw, and rattle, a female boat-tailed grackle pauses only a second on the ledge before setting out again for gobstoppers. < as lemmas |
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