deathbird

词形变化

deathbirds 复数 deathbirds

释义与例句

n.
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    Tengmalm's owl (Nyctala tengmalmi)

词源

From a superstition of some North American Indians that it presages death. Compare Salentino Sicilian oceddu de la morte (“owl”, literally “death bird”) and Malagasy vorondolo (“owl”, literally “ghost bird”).

来源：wiktionary