| 单词 | water blackbird |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater blackbird water blackbird n. the European dipper, Cinclus cinclus, which is dark with a white throat. [ < water n. + blackbird n., after post-classical Latin merula aquatica (1585 in Gesner, or earlier); compare earlier water ouzel n. and slightly earlier water crake n. (both cited as vernacular names in the source translated in quot. 1678).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Cinclidae > cinclus aquaticus (dipper) dippera1425 water ouzel1622 waterthrush1668 water crake1676 water blackbird1678 piet1804 water crow1804 water-piet1804 water cock1806 ducker1837 dipper-bird1894 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. xv. 235 It is as big, or a little bigger than a Water-Blackbird, or Crake. 1838 New Monthly Mag. May 40 If we are to believe some authors, the Water-Ouzel, Water Blackbird, or Dipper..deliberately descends into the water, and walks about on the bottom of the stream. 2010 J. Lewis-Stempel Wild Life (new ed.) 228 The dipper has many local names which hint at its colour and size, such as water ouzel and water blackbird, but none truly captures the bird's appearance. < as lemmas |
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