“rain、fowl”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

rain-fowl

释义

ˈrain-fowl ? Obs.
1. a. = rainbird 1.
c1440Promp. Parv. 428/1 Reyn' fowle, bryd (or Wodewale, or Wodehake), gaulus.1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 135 The green Woodpecker..called also the Rain-fowl.1769J. Wallis Northumberland I. 321 The lesser spotted Woodpecker..Our common people call them Pick-a-trees, also Rain-fowl, from their being more loud and noisy before rain.
b. The Mistletoe Thrush.
1817T. Forster Nat. Hist. Swallowtribe (ed. 6) 70 Turdus viscivorus..Stormcock, Stormbird,..Rainfowl.
2. = rainbird 2.
1694Ray in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 200 The referring of the Old-men, or Rain-fowls, to the Cuckow.
3. = rainbird 3.
1849tr. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 215 The Australian Rain-fowl (Scr. australasia), a grey bird of the size of a crow.

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