| 单词 | toddy bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoddy bird toddy bird n. any of several Asian birds which feed on the sap of palms; esp. the baya weaver, Ploceus philippinus, which is common and widespread and resembles a sparrow; (formerly also) = toddy shrike n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > genus Ploceus toddy bird1698 grenadier1751 red fink1867 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 76 (margin) The Ingenuity of the Toddy Bird. 1865 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xii. 249 This is the nest of the Baya Sparrow, sometimes called the Toddy Bird. 1907 New Standard Encycl. XI. Toddy Shrike, or Toddy Bird, the Artamus fuscus, the Palmyra swallow, or ashy swallow shrike, from India and Ceylon. 2001 F. W. Howard & R. G. Abad in F. W. Howard et al. Insects Palms ii. 57 White-vented drongos, magpie robins and toddy birds were thus imported [and] placed in an aviary. < as lemmas |
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