| 单词 | winter hawk |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinter hawk winter hawk n. North American the red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus; (sometimes also) the gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus; cf. winter falcon n.Early ornithologists regarded the winter hawk as a distinct species, but the bird depicted in Audubon's plate (quot. 1831) is an immature red-shouldered hawk. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Buteo (buzzard) > buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk) hen hawk1742 winter falcon1785 red-shouldered buzzard?a1808 winter hawk1811 red-shouldered hawk1812 1811 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. IV. 74 Length of the Winter Hawk twenty inches, extent forty-one inches, or nearly three feet six inches. 1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 364 The Winter Hawk. Falco hyemalis, Gmel. 1883 Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 1 iv. 53 The last named [sc. the gyrfalcon] is known as the partridge or winter hawk. 1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know xv. 215 (heading) Red-shouldered Hawk. Called also: Hen Hawk; Chicken Hawk; Winter Hawk. 2001 D. W. Nellis Common Coastal Birds Florida & Caribbean ii. 189/2 It is also called winter hawk, red-bellied hawk, and hen hawk in English. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。