| 单词 | butterflip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutterflip butterflip n. now rare and chiefly historical the avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta. [The motivation for the name is unclear.] ΚΠ 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Avocet—Scooping Provincial [names]. Butter-flip. Scooper. Yelper. Picarini. Crooked-bill. Cobler's-awl. 1905 A. R. Forbes Gaelic Names Beasts ii. 234 Avocet... Avoset; Black and white avocet, butterflip; Clinker, cobbler's awl or awlduck. 1961 Entomologist 94 249 Among the names of birds, for instance, there is the ‘butterflip’ (Recurvirostra avocetta). < as lemmas |
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