单词 | squacco |
释义 | squaccon. Ornithology. A small crested species of heron, Ardea ralloides or comata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Ardea (heron) > miscellaneous types of blue heron1565 white heron1575 blue heron1731 squacco1752 frog-catcher1782 purple heron1785 great blue1838 Goliath1860 α. β. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 465 The yellowish Ardea, with the head and neck variegated with black, white, and yellow. [margin.] The Squacco.1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 74 Squacco Heron... Size of the blue Heron.1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands II. 148 The Squacco Heron..has been more frequently met with in England than any of the former [species].1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 327 The Squacco Heron (A. comata) is found in Asia, North Africa, South Europe, and a rare straggler now and then visits England.1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ 206 Ardea quam Sguacco vocant in Vallibus dictis Malalbergi. Hence in Ray's translation (1678) 281.] 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 76 Castaneous Heron... It seems a mere variety of the Sguacco, if not differing in sex. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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