“pratincole”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

pratincole

释义

pratincole Ornith.|ˈprætɪŋkəʊl|
[Named by Pennant (1773), ad. mod.L. pratincola (Kramer 1756), f. L. prātum a meadow + incola inhabitant.]
One of several species of the genus Glareola, grallatorial (limicoline) birds widely distributed throughout the old world and in Australia, allied to the plovers, but regarded by some as a distinct family, resembling the swallows in appearance and habits.
1773Pennant Genera Birds 48 Pratincole. Bill, short, strong, strait, hooked at the end. Nostrils, near the base, linear, oblique [etc.].1843Yarrell Hist. Birds III. 4 The Pratincole has been arranged by some authors with the Swallows, by others near the Rails: but I believe, with Mr. Selby, that it ought to be included in the family of the Plovers.1866Blackmore Cradock N. xlvii, A woman's perception flies on the wings of the pratincole.1903Westm. Gaz. 10 July 10/1 An unfortunate black-winged pratincole that strayed from its Russian home across Central Europe to Romney Marsh has promptly been made into a specimen.

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