killdeer

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɪldɪə/    美 /ˈkɪldɪɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to attract predators and spare the young in the nest.
    — A kill-deer, flying so low as to dip its wings, ever and anon alighted on the margin, its stilt-like legs half submerged as it ran hither and thither, now and then bending to dig in the sand with its long slender bill.

词形变化

killdeers plural killdeer plural kildeer alternative killdee alternative kill-deer alternative

词源

Imitative of the bird's call.
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