单词 | rock-bird |
释义 | ˈrock-bird [rock n.1] a. A bird that haunts rocks; esp. a puffin. b. A bird of the genus Rupicola; a ‘cock of the rock’. c. U.S. The spotted, or the purple, sandpiper (Tringa maculata, or maritima).
1766Chron. in Ann. Reg. 129/1 The place of resort..of..numbers of rock birds or puffins. 1796Morse Amer. Geogr. I. 212 Spotted Tring. Rock bird. Tringa Maculata. 1810in Risdon's Surv. Devon 414 Rockbirds are very plentiful. 1859Atkinson Walks & Talks (1892) 328 Mr. Spencer made some inquiries about rockbird's eggs. 1862Johns Brit. Birds Index, Rock-birds, the Auk, Puffin, and Guillemot. 1888[see rock-plover s.v. rock n.1 9 c]. |

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