minivet
/min-uh-vet/US // ˈmɪn əˌvɛt //UK // (ˈmɪnɪvɛt) //
碎石,碎玻璃,碎纸机,碎纸片
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of several small, long-tailed Asian cuckoo-shrikes of the genus Pericrocotus, having in the male black and red and in the female black and orange plumage.
Examples
The solitary denizen of the plains—the little minivet (Pericrocotus peregrinus)—is the least resplendent of them all.
That's a Minivet; she covers her nest with lichens so that on a lichen-covered limb it looks like a knot.
Very much like the Scarlet Minivet in appearance, save that the red of the cock is crimson rather than scarlet.
This longitudinal red or yellow wing-band characterises most species of minivet.
A literal translation of the Latin name—the flame-coloured minivet—would be more appropriate.
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