| 单词 | water ouzel |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater ouzel water ouzel n. a dipper (genus Cinclus); esp. C. cinclus, of Europe (now chiefly historical), and C. mexicanus, of North America. [Compare German Wasseramsel (1557 in Gesner) and also post-classical Latin merula aquatica (see water blackbird n.).] 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 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Cinclidae > cinclus mexicanus ouzel1611 water ouzel1622 water witch1709 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxv. 107 The water-woosell next, all ouer black as Ieat. 1770 G. White Let. 8 Oct. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 134 The water-ousel is said to haunt the mouth of the Lewes river. 1849 C. Kingsley N. Devon: Pt. I in Misc. (1860) II. 243 The startled water-ousel, with his white breast, flitted a few yards. 1930 Nature Mag. Mar. 156/2 In the little mountain streams the water ouzel splashes. 1998 Audubon Mar. 35/2 And I particularly like the water ouzels' nests of mud, which cling to the sides of enormous stones. < as lemmas |
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