| 单词 | cacique oriole |
| 释义 | > as lemmascacique oriole Any of various American blackbirds or orioles of (or formerly of) the genus Cacicus (family Icteridae), which are typically predominantly black, often with bright red or yellow patches, and gregarious and noisy, and are found from Mexico to South America. Formerly more fully cacique oriole. Cf. cassique n. 2. ΚΠ 1809 G. Shaw Zool. VIII. ii. 417 Like the Cacique Oriole, this species [sc. the Red-rumped Oriole] prefers building on such trees as overhang a river or lake. 1895 Argosy Nov. 182/1 In the collection are several nests of the caciques, or yellow tails. 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 563/2 In some of the larger forms, notably oropendolas and caciques, the culmen is expanded or swollen basally to form a conspicuous frontal shield or casque. 2009 J. A. Mobley Birds of World I. 13/2 Yellow-rumped caciques (Cacicus cela) in South America cluster their pendulous nests in huge colonies in large, isolated trees. < as lemmas |
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