| 单词 |
kiskadee |
| 释义 |
kiskadee|kɪskəˈdiː|
Also keskeedie, keskidee.
[Echoic, f. the call of the bird.]
A tyrant flycatcher, Pitangus sulphuratus, found in Central and South America; also used for related birds of the family Tyrannidæ.
1891Timehri V. 61 One of the most common of birds..is a brown and yellow Tyrant-shrike called the keskeedie (Pitangus sulphuratus). Ibid. 88 The large kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)..whose loud, harsh and fierce cry of kis⁓kis-kiskadee is to be heard at all times of the day. 1922Blackw. Mag. July 16/1 Glorious clumps of bamboo with kiskadees clinging like yellow blossoms to the bending plumes. 1941Penguin New Writing VI. 75 Some keskidees were singing in the mango tree. 1953E. R. Blake Birds Mexico 347 While mainly insectivorous like their relatives, Kiskadees also commonly catch small fish. 1958J. Carew Wild Coast i. 7 Hector watched the birds and remembered..a pair of kiskadees. 1964A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 316/1 Some larger species with shrike⁓like or terrestrial habits, such as the Kiskadee Flycatcher (or Great Kiskadee) Pitangus sulphuratus..take lizards, frogs, mice, and small birds. |
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