| 单词 | thorn-bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthorn-bill thorn-bill n. (a) a hummingbird of the South American genus Rhamphomicron; (b) any of several small warblers of the genus Acanthiza or a closely related genus, found in Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Acanthizinae thorn-bill1861 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) > unspecified and miscellaneous types of zumbador1758 sunbeam1769 black warrior1831 hermit-bird1837 Anna's hummingbird1839 jacobin1843 straight-tail1843 vervain hummingbird1847 wedge-bill1848 fiery topaz1854 sungem1856 wood-star1859 calliope1861 rainbow1861 sabre-wing1861 sawbill1861 swallowtail1861 sword-bill1861 thorn-bill1861 visor-bearer1861 warrior1861 wood-nymph1861 puffleg1869 calliope hummingbird1872 flame-bearer1882 shear-tail1885 plature1890 rainbow starfrontlet1966 1861 J. Gould Humming Birds III. Pl. 188 Ramphomicron Ruficeps—Red-capped Thorn-Bill. 1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 471 The Thornbills..are American birds. 1911 J. A. Leach Austral. Bird Bk. 141 These birds..have been called Thornbills by Mr. A. J. North. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 5 Apr. 27/1 The yellow-tailed thornbill constructs a double nest, the lower cavity..containing the eggs. 1964 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Oct. 2/1 There is a species or more of Thornbill in every mainland State. 1975 I. Rowley Bird Life iii. 40 The real diminutives forage..by rapid and nearly continuous searching of ground or shrub layer as by wrens and thornbills. < as lemmas |
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