| 单词 | blue-breast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue-breast blue-breast n. (a) the bluethroat, Luscinia svecica (now rare); (b) the blue-breasted cordon-bleu, Uraeginthus angolensis (family Estrildidae), a waxbill with a pale blue face and underparts, common in southern Africa. ΚΠ 1787 C. Taylor Surv. Nature II. 47 There is a Blue-breast, which, except in that colour, little differs from the red-breast. 1833 Field Naturalist 1 291 The blue-breast, (Motacilla Suecica, Linn.) has always been classed with these birds. 1895 Oracle Encycl. I. 424/1 Bluethroat, or Bluebreast, a genus of Insessorial birds, rare in Britain, but found very generally distributed over the continent of Europe. 1960 Bird-banding 31 164 The young Blue-breasts sang a great deal. 2004 Behaviour 141 1026 The blue breast (Uraeginthus angolensis) and red cheek (U. bengalus) were from South Africa, and West Africa respectively. < as lemmas |
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