cowbird
基本解释
- n.北美产的燕八哥
英汉例句
- 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.
人们一直奇怪牛鹂为何能够成功地把自己的蛋留在其他鸟类的巢中，而其他鸟类就会帮其抚养其幼鸟。
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
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- Giant Cowbird 巨牛鹂
- headed Cowbird 棕头牛鹂
- Bronzed Cowbird 铜色牛鹂
- Shiny Cowbird 紫辉牛鹂
- Screaming Cowbird 啸声牛鹂
短语
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