| 单词 | water junket |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater junket water junket n. British regional (nowrare) the common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of sandpiper1674 stone-runner1681 sand bird1709 piper1793 tattler1831 water junket1833 tip-up1848 kitty-needy1850 weet-weet1852 peep1864 sand-runner1894 1833 P. J. Selby Illustr. Brit. Ornithol. II. 81 Common Sandpiper... Provincial.—Willy-wicket, Water-junket, Summer Snipe. 1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds IV. 351 Actitis Hypoleucos. The White-breasted Weet-weet. Common Sandpiper. Willywicket. Water Junket. Fiddler. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 196 Common Sandpiper... From its fondness for the sandy margin of lakes and rivers it is called..Water junket. 1909 O. Herman & J. A. Owen Birds Useful & Birds Harmful vii. 297 Its cousin, the Common Sandpiper.., is also a lively creature, that goes by the name of Fidler Willy-wicket, Dicky-dy-dee, and Water-junket. < as lemmas |
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