| 单词 | bog-bumper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbog-bumper bog-bumper n. ΚΠ 1866 Inverness Courier 4 Jan. The bittern of British Zoology; provincially the bog-bumper and mire-drum. bog-bumper In full bog-bumper, †mire-bumper. A bittern, Botaurus stellaris (family Ardeidae). Cf. bump v.2 ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Botaurus (bittern) bitternc1330 mire-druma1398 butterbump1671 bog-bumper1804 bumble1813 bog-blitter1815 bull-of-the-bog1815 1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 47 (heading) Bittern. Bog-bumper, Bitter-bum or Mire-drum. 1868 Zoologist 3 1172 The ‘mire-bumper’ or ‘bog-bummer’ was formerly supposed to produce its booming noise by sticking its beak either in a hollow reed or in the mud. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady 57 He went with his mother over Thetford Heath..and..they came upon the nests of the ‘Bog Bumpers’. 1895 G. Muirhead Birds of Berwickshire II. 53 The common bittern... mire-bumper, mire drum. 2001 C. Fergus Thornapples 178 The bird's vocalizing is further described by its common names: bog bumper, thunder pumper, stake driver, water belcher. < as lemmas |
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