| 单词 | waterthrush |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaterthrush waterthrush n. †(a) the spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius (obsolete); (b) U.S. either of the two large migratory warblers constituting the North American genus Parkesia, P. noveboracensis and P. motacilla (family Parulidae), which have brown upperparts and streaked underparts and live in the vicinity of water; (c) a dipper (genus Cinclus) (now rare).The identity of the bird in quot. 1668 is uncertain. [Compare German Wasserdrossel spotted sandpiper, dipper (1555 in Gesner as Wassertrostlen (plural), apparently denoting the dipper) and post-classical Latin turdus aquaticus dipper (1555 in Gesner, or earlier), spotted sandpiper (1760 in Brisson). Compare also French grive d'eau spotted sandpiper (1781 in Buffon; compare quot. 1793). With use with reference to the dipper compare water ouzel 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) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun] > genus Seiurus (water-thrush) water-wagtail1759 waterthrush1811 ovenbird1831 accentor1841 water waga1866 wagtail1869 wagtail-warbler1884 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 108 Trynga..the Water-Thrush. 1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VIII. 132 (heading) The Water-thrush. La grive d'eau. Buff. 1811 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. III. 67 The Water Thrush is six inches long..; the whole upper parts are of a uniform and very dark olive. 1831 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom I. 272 Cinclus, Bechst... or the Water-Thrushes. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 30 Dipper... So called from its diving propensities, which, combined with the dark back, give it the names..Water blackbird... Water crow... Water thrush (Cornwall). 1921 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music (rev. ed.) 302 The song of the Louisiana Water-thrush is extraordinarily wild and reverberant. 2004 Bird Watch Canada Winter 15/3 The Lincoln's Sparrow.., Common Yellowthroat, and Northern Waterthrush are also fairly well represented at the banding station. < as lemmas |
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