| 单词 | blue linnet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue linnet blue linnet n. U.S. (now rare) either of two closely related American buntings (family Cardinalidae) in which the males are more or less blue: the indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea, and the lazuli bunting, P. amoena. ΚΠ 1731 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. 45 The blue Linnet..is rather less than a Gold-finch..the whole Bird appears, at a little Distance, of an intire blue Colour. 1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) ii. v. 152 The more sprightly and elevated strains of the blue linnet and golden icterus. 1842 P. Boswell Bees, Pigeons, Rabbits, & Canary Bird Described 163 The Indigo Bird..is sometimes called the Blue Linnet, though in every way a distinct species from the true American Linnet or Purple Finch. 1876 Amer. Naturalist 10 92 The gayest of the small summer visitors is the blue linnet (Cyanospiza amœna). It arrived April 20th and built a nest in the garden. 1904 Birds & Nature June 2 (heading) The Lazuli Bunting or Blue Linnet. (Passerina amœna.) < as lemmas |
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