单词 | widowfinch |
释义 | > as lemmaswidowfinch widowfinch n. a widowbird, esp. of the genus Vidua.Frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Viduinae (whydah) widow1747 widowbird1765 whydah1781 widowfinch1831 mourning widow1869 1831 Rep. Auditors Accts. Zool. Soc. 1830 20/1 Widow Finch. Vidua paradisæa. 1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 542 The vida-finches, often called widow-finches. 1920 G. D. H. Carpenter Naturalist on Lake Victoria viii. 176 Neither have I seen the Bishop and Widow finches, beautiful brightly coloured birds, which could hardly escape notice. 2001 Oikos 93 238 (table) Steelblue widowfinch. Vidua chalybeata. < as lemmas |
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