单词 | blue titmouse |
释义 | > as lemmasblue titmouse blue titmouse n. = blue tit n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Paridae > [noun] > genus Parus (tit) > parus caeruleus (blue-tit) pinnockc1275 meese1480 nun1585 tomtit1648 blue titmouse1673 puffer1773 blue cap1797 pinchem1809 blue bonnet1811 pick-cheesea1825 blue tit1831 billy-biter1843 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 88 The blew Titmouse: Parus cæruleus. 1789 G. White Let. in Nat. Hist. Selborne 106 The blue titmouse, or nun, is a great frequenter of houses, and a general devourer. 1885 Gardeners’ Chron. 11 Apr. 471/1 I waste my time just now in observing from the window a pair of blue titmice. 1921 Outing Nov. 80/2 The quarrelsome blue titmice, with heads of electric blue, who explored every hole down to eye-of-a-needle size. 2012 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 21 Jan. Features section 30 Old names for our flora and fauna are really interesting, with Nun being a traditional word for the blue tit. Blue bonnet, blue cap and blue titmouse were also used. < as lemmas |
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