| 单词 | swallow tanager |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswallow tanager swallow tanager n. the tanager Tersina viridis (family Thraupidae), the male of which is chiefly turquoise blue with a black face, short swallow-like bill, and long wings, and nests in burrows in cliffs in northern South America.The swallow tanager was formerly placed in a family of its own, Tersinidae. ΚΠ 1896 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 1895 18 449 Family Procniatidæ. Swallow-tanagers... External characters.—Bill triangular, depressed, extremely broad at base but compressed at tip. 1953 Auk 70 403 This paper is intended to fill some of the gaps in our knowledge of one of the most fascinating South American birds, the Swallow-Tanager or Azulezo Golondrina. 2001 National Geographic Adventure Jan. 104/1 There's a fulvous-vented euphonia, a chestnut-colored squirrel cuckoo, a rarely seen turquoise blue swallow tanager. < as lemmas |
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