deathbird

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Tengmalm's owl (Nyctala tengmalmi)

词形变化

deathbirds plural

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”).
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