| 单词 | broadwing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbroadwing broadwing n. (a) the broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus; (b) Falconry any of various birds of prey, esp. of the genera Buteo and Parabuteo, which have relatively broad wings. [Compare earlier broad-winged hawk n. at broad-winged adj. Compounds.] Π 1879 J. Krider 40 Years Notes Field Ornithologist 9 Sharp-winged Hawk... I think it is a variety of the Broad Wing, being found in company with them. 1964 F. Illingworth Falcons & Falconry (ed. 2) vi. 101 The Buzzard... The plumage is brown, mottled. The wings broad, for which reason Buzzards are alluded to as broadwings in the United States. 2011 J. P. Rafferty Meat Eaters ii. 40 Shortwings and broadwings take predominantly ground game, such as rabbit and hare, or bird species close to the ground, such as a pheasant breaking cover. 2016 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 25 May 3 e Red-tails often are on the power poles, broad-wings often are on neighborhood power lines. < as lemmas |
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