| 单词 | song flight |
| 释义 | > as lemmassong flight song flight n. territorial or sexual display behaviour in which a bird flies in a characteristic pattern while singing; an instance of this; also called flight song. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > specific type of tower1486 high flying1556 whirleryc1560 soaring1575 plane1622 soar1817 song flight1839 overflight1883 pursuit flight1930 pass1987 1839 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 158 Its ordinary flight is very like that of the Redwing and Fieldfare; and its song-flight has some affinity to that of the Titlark. 1936 E. M. Nicholson & L. Koch Songs Wild Birds 9 Song-flight is an extra means of making the singer temporarily as conspicuous as possible. 1961 A. J. Berger Bird Study vi. 186 Song, song flights, and other special displays serve an orientation function: they attract a female to the male's territory or to a nest site. 2013 Times (Nexis) 17 Oct. 20 The female hides her nest among rocks or in crevices, and the male rises and falls in a song flight above her head. < as lemmas |
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