tyrant flycatcher

短语

霸鹟

词形变化

tyrant flycatchers 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of a group of passerine birds, of family Tyrannidae, that inhabit the Americas.

    霸鹟

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

flycatcher New World flycatcher

上位词 1

tyrannid

下位词 10

phoebe pee-wee firebird chatterer cotinga kingbird peewit pewee pewit scissortail

词源

The English name corresponds to translingual Tyrannidae, the taxonomic name. Tyrant flycatchers are so named because of the aggressive behavior of kingbirds (of genus Tyrannus, the type genus of the Tyrannidae) when defending their breeding territory.

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