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redpoll

/red-pohl/US // ˈrɛdˌpoʊl //UK // (ˈrɛdˌpɒl) //

红领巾,红铃,红波,红铃子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : either of two small fringilline birds, Carduelis flammea or C. hornemanni, of northern North America and Eurasia, the adults of which have a crimson crown patch.

Examples

  • Another punctual bird is the yellow redpoll warbler, the first of his class that appears.

  • It is the Western counterpart of the yellow redpoll, and is most common in the Mississippi Valley.

  • Hoary Redpoll (exilipes), smaller and darker, but still lighter than the Redpoll; winters south to Massachusetts.

  • Among the species which thus modify their habits are the red crossbill, the redpoll, the Lapland longspur, and the snowy owl.

  • A northern species of Linnet, closely resembling the Lesser Redpoll, but larger.