| 单词 |
thraupis |
| 释义 |
† ˈthraupis Obs. [a. Gr. θραυπίς.] A species of finch mentioned by Aristotle as feeding on thistles; generally taken to be the Siskin.
1600Surflet Countrie Farme vii. lxx. 900 The Thraupis [F. tarin] is of the continuance of sixe yeeres or there about, according as she is kept better or woorse... Her singing is but yrkesome and tedious. 1910Thompson tr. Aristotle's Hist. Anim. 592 The following and the like feed on thistles; to wit, the linnet, the thraupis, and the goldfinch. |

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