| 单词 | willy wagtail |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswilly wagtail willy wagtail n. (a) (chiefly Scottish) the pied wagtail, Motacilla alba yarrellii; (b) (Australian) an Australasian fantail, Rhipidura leucophrys, which has black upperparts and white underparts and eyebrow markings; cf. wagtail n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Rhipidura (fan-tail) willy wagtail1780 shepherd's companion1847 fan-tail1848 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Motacilla > motacilla alba (pied wagtail) washerc1325 washstarta1400 wevesterte14.. water swallow1544 dishwasher1575 water-wagtail1593 dishwater1674 seed bird1675 pied wagtail1744 willy wagtail1780 washerwoman1817 wash-dish1825 moll-washer1847 deviling1853 devil's bird1853 tinner1866 peggy1885 1780 W. Shaw Galic & Eng. Dict. I Glaisain-sealaich, a willy-wagtail. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 412 Twa burdies..Sat chirpling out their wail, The tane o' them was the Robbin Breestie, And the tither the Wullie Wagtail. 1885 R. C. Praed Head Station II. viii. 151 A brisk little willy-wagtail hopping about on the gravel seemed the only creature not overpowered by the heat. 1918 Jrnl. & Proc. Royal Soc. New S. Wales 52 57 The common Australian Willy-wagtail or Shepherd's Companion (Rhipidura motacilloides), has universally the habit of settling on the backs of sheep, cattle and horses whilst these are feeding. 1981 K. Morrice For All I Know 21 Flegging the willie-wagtail wha dip-dips his inky quill. 2011 Albert & Logan (Brisbane) News (Nexis) 29 Apr. 8 I woke this morning to the sound of the willy wagtail calling. < as lemmas |
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