| 单词 | boatbill heron |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboatbill heron 1. The boat-billed heron, Cochlearia cochlearia. Also boatbill heron. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > miscellaneous types of boatbill1773 tiger-bittern1785 agami1793 long neck1823 soldado1852 cattle-egret1905 1773 T. Pennant Genera of Birds p. xxxi (table) Boatbill. Cancroma. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 28/2 The common boat-bill is about the size of a domestic hen. 1862 J. G. Wood Nat. Hist. Birds 678 The very remarkable Boat-bill Heron inhabits Southern America. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xx. 237 Others stay there the year round, among these being the South American boatbill. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xxii. 540 This group [sc. Ciconiiformes] contains the boatbill,..the ubiquitous and varied storks; ibises and spoonbills; and the flamingos. < as lemmas |
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