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单词 bottle swallow
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bottle swallow
bottle swallow n. [ < bottle n.3 + swallow n.1, with allusion to the bottle or retort-shaped nest of this bird] now rare the fairy martin, Petrochelidon ariel.
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bottle swallow1896
1896 Agric. Gaz. 7 382 (heading) Lagenoplastes ariel... ‘Fairy Martin’, ‘Bottle Swallow’.
1924 Bull. (Sydney) 10 Jan. 22/2 The blue martin, or bottle-swallow, seems to stop his flight by gripping the landing-place with his claws.
1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 167 The fairy martin or bottle-swallow..is noted for the retort-shaped mud nest with a long, spouted entrance.
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