英语词汇“fork、tail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

fork-tail

释义

fork-tail, a. and n.
†A. adj. = forked-tail(ed. Obs.
1611Florio, Follo, an eare-wig..or fork-taile vermine.
B. n.
1. (See quot. 1753.)
1753Chambers Supp., Forktail..a name given to the salmon, while in the fourth years growth.1818in Todd.1861Act 24 & 25 Vict. c. 109. §4 Salmon..known by the names..blue pole, fork tail..or by any other local name.
2. (See quot. 1893.)
1893Newton Dict. Birds, Forktail, of old time used in England for the Kite, but now applied in India to the birds of the genus Henicurus.
Hence fork-tailed a., having a forked tail; used in the names of birds, etc. (cf. forked-tailed).
1694J. Ray in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 200 A kind of fork-tail'd..sea-swallow.1828J. S. Sebright Hawking 44 The fork-tailed kites were much flown, some years ago.1868Wood Homes without H. v. 103 The Fork-tailed Date Shell (Lithodomus caudigera).

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