| 单词 | storm cock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstorm cock storm cock n. the missel-thrush; also locally applied to the fieldfare and the green woodpecker (G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker) > picus viridis (green woodpecker) rain-fowl1440 woodwall1490 speight1513 hickwall?1533 rainbird1544 woodspite1555 green-peak1598 yaffingale1609 pick-a-tree1615 witwall1668 storm cock1769 nicker-pecker1787 yaffle1792 awl-bird1802 popinjay1802 yaffler1802 dirt-bird1847 yuckle1847 stock eagle1884 nicker1886 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus pilaris (fieldfare) fieldfareOE juniper1598 storm cock1769 pigeon fieldfare1812 bluetail1836 jack bird1861 felt1879 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus viscivorus (mistle-thrush) song thrush1598 mistle-bird1626 mistle thrush1646 shreitch1668 shrite1668 mistletoe thrush1719 storm cock1769 wood-thrush1791 rain-fowl1817 thrice-cock1819 mistle1845 hollin cock1848 fen-thrush1854 storm thrush1854 shirlcock1859 fell-thrush1879 felt1879 jay1880 jay pie1880 Norman thrush1885 stone-thrush1885 1769 G. White Let. 2 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 120 Missel-bird, Turdus viscivorus... Is called in Hampshire and Sussex the storm-cock. 1819 M. Edgeworth Let. 26 Jan. (1971) 160 When a dark black cloud threatens a heavy shower..then the storm-cock cries or screams. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad x. 17 So braver notes the storm-cock sings To start the rusted wheel of things. 1902 G. Brenan House of Percy II. ii. 32 Charles Paget—storm-cock of Catholic agitation. 1978 Country Life 7 Sept. 630/1 The mistle thrush..will sing in the wildest weather and fully justify its vernacular name of storm~cock. < as lemmas |
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