| 单词 | brubru | 
| 释义 | brubrun.  More fully  brubru shrike,  †brubru bush shrike. A small tropical bush shrike with striking black-and-white plumage and chestnut flanks,  Nilaus afer (family  Malaconotidae), found in woodland in sub-Saharan Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > 			[noun]		 > family Laniidae (shrike) > genus Malacnotus (bush-shrike) brubru1829 bokmakierie1834 bush-shrike1893 kokkewiet1896 1829    W. Swainson in  E. Griffith et al.  Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VIII. 677  				The Brubru, or Cape Shrike, has long since been considered as indicating an aberrant group. 1868    Ibis 4 59  				Nilaus capensis, Shaw. Brubru-Shrike. 1900    Ibis 6 235  				Nilaus capensis. (Brubru Bush-Shrike.) A generally distributed resident, but nowhere very common. 1908    A. Haagner  & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life v. 95  				The Brubru Shrike (Nilaus brubru) is of a glossy black and white with a distinct frontal band across the forehead. 1958    Afr. Wild Life June 97  				One often sees the Brubru Shrike but not so the Orange-breasted Bush Shrike. 2015    D. Fletcher Country-cides Namibia & Botswana xvi. 162  				They also saw some tasty representatives of the local avian wildlife in the form of bru-brus, crombecs, tawny eagles and marico flycatchers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  | 
	
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