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单词 water-parrot
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water-parrot
water-parrot n. Obsolete rare a microscopic aquatic organism said to be sometimes red in colour (not identified; perhaps a water flea or a copepod).
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1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 242 The water parrot..is the best known [species of Monoculus]..on account of its colour, sometimes red, which makes the vulgar believe that the water is changed into blood.
1781 J. Barbut Les Genres des Insectes de Linné 360/1 The water-parrot and the shell-monoculus, are remarkable.
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