scissorbillとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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scissorbill (複数形 scissorbills)

1. (now まれに) Synonym of skimmer: birds of the genus Rynchops.
2. (US, archaic) Synonym of razorback: a variety of pig.
3. (US, derogatory) A fool, an incompetent; a yokel, a hick.
4. (IWW slang, derogatory, archaic) A foolish worker who lacks class consciousness and opposes unions; also, a company man, a drone, .

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scissor-bill ‎(複数形 scissor-bills)

1. (zoology) Alternative form of scissorbill.
   • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:

     Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.