单词 | mattagess |
释义 | † ˈmattagess Obs. Also 6 matagasse, 7 matagesse. [a. southern Fr. matagasse, a. Pr. *matagassa lit. ‘magpie-killer’, f. mata-r to kill + agassa magpie (see haggess).] A butcher-bird, Lanius excubitor.
1575Turberv. Faulconrie 72 Though the Matagasse be a hawke of none accompte or price neyther with us in any use. 1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 85 The Matagesse or great Butcherbird. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., The word Mattagess is borrowed from the Savoyards, and signifies the murdering pye. |

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