doctor bird

名词 n.
英 /ˈdɒktə(r)ˈbɜː(r)d/    美 /ˈdɒktɚ ˈbɝd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird (hummingbird)
    — He listened to the zip of doctor birds at the window and the peach trees in the wind.

词形变化

doctor birds plural

词源

Compound of doctor + bird. The bird, endemic to Jamaica, is so named because its tail resembles a stethoscope.
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