“hawk、owl”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

hawk-owl

释义

hawk-owl
A name given to: a. The Short-eared Owl, Asio brachyotus. b. The Day-owl, Surnia ulula or funerea. Both so called from their smaller heads, and habit of seeking their food during the day.
1743–51G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds 62 The Little Hawk Owl. This Bird is rather bigger than a Sparrow-Hawk.1802G. Montagu Ornith. Dict. (1833) 242 The Hawk Owl comes to us in October.1812A. Wilson Amer. Ornith. VI. 64 Hawk Owl..This is another inhabitant of both continents..a connecting link between the Hawk and Owl tribes.1856Knight Cycl. Nat. Hist. IV. 926 Surnia funerea..it hunts frequently in the day-time. The smaller head..combined with these habits, have obtained for it the name of Hawk-Owl.

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