| 单词 | white-winged moss-cheeper |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite-winged moss-cheeper moss-cheeper n. Scottish and Irish English (northern) (a) the meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis; (b) (in full white-winged moss-cheeper) the reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Anthus > anthus pratensis (titlark) titlingc1550 linget1552 lark1602 chit1610 meadowlark1611 cucknel1655 titlark1666 cheeper1684 moss-cheeper1684 old-field lark1805 ling-bird1814 tit-pipit1817 meadow pipit1825 meadow titling1828 furze-lark1854 peep1859 1684 R. Sibbald Scotl. Illustr. ii. iii. 22 Titlinga, Titling, or Moss-cheeper. 1774 Weekly Mag. 24 Feb. 269 A gentleman in this neighbourhood found in one of his fields, the nest of a small bird commonly called a Moss-cheeper. 1874 R. Wanlock Moorland Rhymes 49 Roun' by Necony the heather blumes bonnie, And sweet is the lilt o' the moss-cheeper's sang. 1901 Shooting Times 22 June 21/2 The reed bunting is almost entirely known in the North of Ireland as the ‘white winged moss-cheeper’. 1951 E. E. Evans Mowne Country 81 Above the limits of cultivation the only bird that can be considered common is the meadow pipit, called also the heather-grey or moss-cheeper. < as lemmas |
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