| 单词 | bosun bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbosun bird bosun bird n. now rare (a) = boatswain bird n. (b) at boatswain n. Compounds 2 (cf. 2b); (b) = boatswain bird n. (a) at boatswain n. Compounds 2 (cf. 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > member of family Phaethontidae (tropic bird) tropicbird1624 boatswain1815 marlinspike1858 long-tail1859 star-tail1862 boatswain bird1867 bosun bird1888 wig-tail1888 bosun1899 1888 W. J. Loftie Orient Line Guide (ed. 3) xiv. 224 The ‘Bosun (Boatswain) Bird.’ General plumage silky-white, with a roseate tinge especially upon the back. 1908 W. S. Bruce Rep. Sci. Results Voy. S.Y. ‘Scotia’ 9 Jan. 1st 1903... Wilson's petrels..and a bosun bird were observed to-day. 1918 D. B. MacMillan Four years in White North 404 Stercorarius parasiticus Parasitic jaeger. Bosun-bird. 1942 Boys' Life Oct. 7 Suspended high above the whaler, as if hanging by an etherial thread, a black bosun bird wheeled with airy grace. 2010 R. J. Shallenberger Hawaiian Birds of Sea 43 They squawk loudly in the air and on the ground, a behavior that has led to their nickname of ‘Bosun bird,’ for the Navy boatswain's whistle. < as lemmas |
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