| 单词 | water raven |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater raven water raven n. now rare any of several waterbirds (cf. water crow n.); esp. †(a) a large wading bird found in Latin America (perhaps the jabiru, Jabiru mycteria, or an ibis) (obsolete); (b) a cormorant (genus Phalacrocorax). [ < water n. + raven n.1; in quot. 1598 after Dutch water raaf (1596 in the passage translated, in later use denoting a cormorant; compare sense (b)).] ΚΠ 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies ii. 218/1 Wild Geese, Ducks, water Rauens [Du. water ravens], white, red, & blacke, and ash coloured, Reighures and many other water foules. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxxvii. 332 Some reasonlesse creatures..are by nature bald, as..certaine water Ravens [L. corvi aquatici]. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xi. 260/2 The Water Raven, or Acacalot: the Bill bends like a bow, and is blew: the Legs long, Feet cloved into four Toes, and blackish. 1774 tr. J. von Stæhlin Acct. New Northern Archipel. 35 The Uril (Corvus Aquaticus) is a kind of water-raven, not unlike the crane: it is esteemed as a dainty. 1827 Inspector 2 185 While the two flames were thus fighting, one with the other, the water-raven flew over them. 1908 J. Ogilvie Eng. Dict. Cormorant, the sea-crow, or water-raven, distinguished for its voracity. < as lemmas |
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