doctor bird

短语

发音

US /ˈdɒktɚ ˈbɝd/
UK /ˈdɒktə(r)ˈbɜː(r)d/

词形变化

doctor birds 复数 doctor birds

别名

doctorbird

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird (hummingbird)

词源

Compound of doctor + bird. The bird, endemic to Jamaica, is so named because its tail resembles a stethoscope.

来源:wiktionary