starlingn. talking starling,a small bird with blackish-brown speckled lustrous plumage and with remarkablepowers of mimicry 八哥。
△1H .IV.1.3.224:“I’ll havea starling shall be (i. e. that shall be ) taught tospeak / Nothing but ‘Mortimer’，and give it him / Tokeep his anger still in motion.”我要養(yǎng)一只八哥，教它只會(huì)說“摩提麥”，送給他，讓它不停地激動(dòng)他的怒火。 starling椋鳥(Sturnidae)雀形目椋鳥科鳥類總稱。除南美外遍布世界各地。最常見的一種是紫翅椋鳥(S.vulgaris)。體長約20厘米。羽黑色，有紫、綠、白色虹彩。性喜群飛，整年鳴叫。雜食種子和昆蟲。 |