| 单词 | wapacuthu owl |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswapacuthu owl More fully wapacuthu owl. A North American owl described as lacking ear-tufts and having white plumage with dark reddish markings.Usually identified as the snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus, or great horned owl, B. virginianus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > nyctea nivea (snowy-owl) harfang1774 snowy owl1781 spotted owl1785 wapacuthu1785 snow-owl1811 snowy1904 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. 231 (heading) Red, Mottled, and Wapacuthu Owl. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Wapacut, the spotted owl of Hudson's Bay. 1891 Cent. Dict. Wapacut, a large white spotted owl,..without ear-tufts, believed to be the common snowy owl, Nyctea scandiaca. 1914 R. Ridgway Birds North & Middle Amer. (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 50) VI. 751 Notwithstanding the circumstance that the original describer placed this bird in the section ‘without ears’, it is practically certain that the Wapacuthu Owl of Pennant is..the Arctic Great Horned Owl. 1945 Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio) 3 Feb. The snowy owl, great white owl, or ‘Wapacuthu’ typifies the spirit of the silent white wilderness. < as lemmas |
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