drongo
/drong-goh/US // ˈdrɒŋ goʊ //UK // (ˈdrɒŋɡəʊ) //
鹙鹭,鹙子,鹙鹭鸟,鹙鹭岛
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural dron·gos.
- : any passerine bird of the family Dicruridae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, the several species usually having black plumage and long, forked tails.
Examples
First and foremost among these is the king-crow or black drongo (Dicrurus ater).
Almost as widely distributed, but far less abundant, is the white-bellied drongo.
In the Western Province of Ceylon it is replaced by a drongo having less white in the plumage.
I have never seen the Dhouli, or white-bellied drongo, perched on anything but a branch of a tree.
Looking up, I observed, perched on a bare branch at the summit of the tree, a white-bellied drongo.
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