redpoll
/red-pohl/US // ˈrɛdˌpoʊl //UK // (ˈrɛdˌpɒl) //
红领巾,红铃,红波,红铃子
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : either of two small fringilline birds, Carduelis flammea or C. hornemanni, of northern North America and Eurasia, the adults of which have a crimson crown patch.
Examples
Another punctual bird is the yellow redpoll warbler, the first of his class that appears.
It is the Western counterpart of the yellow redpoll, and is most common in the Mississippi Valley.
Hoary Redpoll (exilipes), smaller and darker, but still lighter than the Redpoll; winters south to Massachusetts.
Among the species which thus modify their habits are the red crossbill, the redpoll, the Lapland longspur, and the snowy owl.
A northern species of Linnet, closely resembling the Lesser Redpoll, but larger.
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