单词 | yellow-legged plover |
释义 | > as lemmasyellow-legged plover yellow-legged plover n. North American either of the two species of yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes and T. melanoleuca. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa flavipes (yellow-legs) yellow-legged plover1778 yellowshank1785 telltale1813 yellow leg1889 1778 C. Blagden Let. in Bull. N.Y. Publ. Libr. (1903) 7 432 The yellow-legged Plover, so called from the colour of its legs & feet, a species of scolopax, very common at this season, but not all delicate to eat. 1895 Canad. Mag. Feb. 313/2 The yellow-legged plover stood in undisturbed and curious gravity, watching us from the banks. 1923 Frederick (Maryland) Post 22 Aug. 3/5 Following are bag limits per day: Partridge, 12; grouse, 2;..yellow legged plover, 15; black-breasted plover, 5. 2017 A. M. Appel tr. C. Magris Blameless 217 Her father had seen that island's mangroves..and the small yellow-legged plovers that flew into their tangled maze to catch fish and insects with their long black beaks. < as lemmas |
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