| 单词 | steller's |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSteller's (eider) (duck) Used attributively or in the possessive to designate certain animals associated with Steller's explorations, as Steller's (eider) (duck), a black and white duck with reddish underparts, Polysticta stelleri, found in Siberia, Alaska, and Canada; Steller('s) jay, a blue jay with a dark crest, Cyanocitta stelleri, found in western North America; Steller's sea-cow, an extinct sirenian, Hydrodamalis stelleri, once found in the Bering Sea; Steller('s) sea lion, a large sea lion, Eumetopias jubata, found in the northern Pacific. Cf. Stellerine n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia > genus Hydrodamalis (Steller's sea-cow) sea-ape1781 Steller's sea-cow1814 Rytina1836 Stellerine1854 northern manatee1855 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > genus Cyanocitta > species stelleri (Steller's jay) Steller('s) jay1814 mountain jay1862 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of Roan duck1763 wood-duck1777 Rouen1785 lady1792 stranger1792 Rouen duck1795 tree-duck1824 Labrador duck1834 hareld1841 whio1847 pink-eyed duck1848 penguin duck1850 topknot duck1850 Aylesbury1854 roan1854 pink-eye1861 Peking duck1874 runner1878 bluebill1884 Steller's (eider) (duck)1884 Peking1885 half-bird1893 torrent-duck1899 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Ostaridae (eared seal) > genus Callorhinus (fur-seal) > other types of Steller('s) sea lion1902 1814 tr. G. H. von Langsdorff Voy. & Trav. II. i. 23 My curiosity was particularly directed to..Steller's sea-cow. 1828 C. L. Bonaparte Amer. Ornith. II. 44 The Steller's Jay is one of those obsolete species alluded to in the preface to this volume. 1884 Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 27. 162 Steller's Duck..Arctic and subarctic coasts. 1902 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 16 111 The northern and southern Sea Lions, often known respectively as Steller's Sea Lion and Forster's Sea Lion. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. II. 219 Steller's Jay... [Also called] Mountain Jay; Pine Jay; Conifer Jay. 1938 P. A. Taverner Birds of Canada 104 Steller's Eider... The smallest and the least eider-like of any of the birds known under that name. 1947 L. G. Ingles Mammals California 88 Steller Sea Lion bulls weigh up to 1,800 pounds. 1948 Pacific Discovery Jan. 14/2 Steller jays, bald eagles, mountains of wild geraniums,..these are the Teton country. 1957 P. J. Darlington Zoogeogr. vi. 400 Steller's Sea Cow..was hunted to extinction. 1963 Times 11 Feb. 14/4 One of these was an account of Steller's Eider Duck. 1968 G. Maxwell Raven seek thy Brother viii. 103 No one had ever proved whether or not the..beautiful little duck called Steller's Eider..actually bred in Varanger Fjord. 1972 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 75/2 In the dense fir forests you can hear..the scream of the steller's jay. 1972 L. Hancock There's a Seal in my Sleeping Bag vii. 145 The rocky shores..are used by the Steller sea-lions as hauling-out grounds. 1975 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Apr. 3/1 He has been studying California and Steller's sea lions in Barkley Sound. 1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 June 2/2 When the potatoes were small, many Steller jays came to rob the patch. < as lemmas |
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