cowbird
基本解釋
- n.北美產(chǎn)的燕八哥
英漢例句
- People have long wondered how cowbird can get away with leaving their eggs in the nests of other species, who then raise the baby cowbirds.
人們一直奇怪牛鸝為何能夠成功地把自己的蛋留在其他鳥類的巢中，而其他鳥類就會(huì)幫其撫養(yǎng)其幼鳥。
fenghuangyufeid.blog.163.com - Nests from which cowbird eggs had been removed, but which lacked protection, did badly.
ECONOMIST: How cowbirds run protection rackets - In the following seasons Dr Hoover and Dr Robinson removed cowbird eggs from some of the parasitised nests.
ECONOMIST: How cowbirds run protection rackets - Nests thus attacked yielded, on average, but a single fledgling, whereas those with a cowbird egg in them yielded three warbler fledglings.
ECONOMIST: How cowbirds run protection rackets
雙語例句
權(quán)威例句
詞組短語
- Giant Cowbird 巨牛鸝
- headed Cowbird 棕頭牛鸝
- Bronzed Cowbird 銅色牛鸝
- Shiny Cowbird 紫輝牛鸝
- Screaming Cowbird 嘯聲牛鸝
短語
英英字典
- any of various American orioles of the genera Molothrus, Tangavius, etc, esp M. ater (common or brown-headed cowbird). They have a dark plumage and short bill