| 单词 | standardwing goatsucker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstandardwing goatsucker 2. More fully † standardwing goatsucker (obsolete), standardwing nightjar. Either of two nightjars, the standard-winged nightjar ( Caprimulgus longipennis) and (in early use) the pennant-winged nightjar ( C. vexillarius), the males of which possess a pair of elongated wing feathers during the breeding season (see standard n. 7). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having wings > having feathers on > of particular type or colour standardwinga1867 sword-flighted1868 standard-winged1875 pin-winged1890 a1867 C. J. Andersson Notes Birds Damara Land (1872) 45 Cosmetornis vexillarius (Gould). Standard-wing Goatsucker. 1905 A. L. Butler in A. E. W. Gleichen Anglo-Egyptian Sudan I. 309 Several species of Nightjars occur, noteworthy among which is the remarkable Standard-Wing (Macrodipteryx), bearing a large racket-shaped web at the end of an elongated wire-like feather in each wing. 2016 R. J. Lederer Beaks, Bones, & Bird Songs 124 The Standard-wing Nightjar breeds from Senegal east to Ethiopia and migrates northward to avoid the wet season. < as lemmas |
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