单词 | razor-bill |
释义 | ˈrazor-bill [f. razor n. + bill n.2] 1. A name given to various birds. a. A species of auk (Alca torda).
1674Ray Collect. Words, Water Fowl 92 The Rasor-bill: Auk or Murre. 1768Pennant Zool. II. 403 Razor-bill... These birds, in company with the Guillemot, appear in our seas the beginning of February. 1865Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 40 The guillemots sitting in rows,..bolt upright, the manner of sitting common to the puffins and razor-bills. b. U.S. The Cut-water or Skimmer. rare—1.
1794Morse Amer. Geog. (1796) I. 214 Shear Water or Razor Bill. 1832in Webster. c. ‘The red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator’ (Hants Gloss. 1883). 2. attrib. Razor-billed.
1894Westm. Gaz. 9 Aug. 4/2 A young razorbill puffin came alongside. So ˈrazor-billed a., having a bill resembling a razor (applied spec. to certain birds: see quots.).
1748Catesby California App. 103 The Razor⁓billed Black-bird of Jamaica. This Bird is somewhat less than our Jack-daw. 1824Latham Gen. Hist. Birds X. 63 Razor⁓billed Auk. |

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