| 单词 | winter redbird |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinter redbird winter redbird n. U.S. the northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, which is resident in eastern North America throughout the year.Contrasted with summer redbird n. at summer n.1 and adj. Compounds 5. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Cardinalinae > genus Cardinalis red-bird1649 Virginian nightingale1668 hawfinch1673 nutcracker1688 Virginia nightingale1694 cardinal1702 cardinal grosbeak1783 scarlet grosbeak1837 winter redbird1868 1868 C. C. Abbot in G. H. Cook Geol. New Jersey 779 Cardinalis virginianus... Known generally as ‘Winter Red-bird’, and as it frequents leafless bushes, after all other small birds almost have departed, appears to be more numerous in winter than at any other season. 1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 146/1 Our lively cardinal grosbeak..is known as the ‘winter red bird’, because..more of a songster in December than in June. 2002 S. Rafle N. Carolina 6/2 Cardinal—This state bird is sometimes known as the Winter Redbird. < as lemmas |
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