单词 |
curwillet |
释义 |
curˈwillet dial. [From the cry of the bird.] A local name for the Sanderling (Calidris arenaria), a bird of the snipe family.
1674Ray Coll. Words 90 The Sanderling or Curwillet, so called about Pensans. 1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 303. 1804 T. Bewick Brit. Birds II. 1 Sanderling, Towillee, or Curwillet. 1885Swainson Brit. Birds 195 Curwillet, Cornwall, a name given to the Sanderling from its cry. |

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