| 单词 | short-tailed |
| 例句 | We at last attracted the attention of a short-tailed shearwater. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Long-legged and short-tailed, with relatively long, narrow wings and flat head. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “A mile up at one bend in the road there was a short-tailed weasel, he’d already turned white — I earned that one!” he laughs. Whidbey Island nature lover enriches travels with a Mammal Big Year 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z For example, the northern short-tailed shrew weighs roughly the same amount as the greater horseshoe bat. Mammals That Live Together Live Longer 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Even worse, the larger bats are known to feast on small animals, such as frogs, katydids and smaller bats — including Seba’s short-tailed bats. Shriek! Slap! Pow! The Small Bat Wins. 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z These include gray whales and short-tailed shearwaters — a bird that travels more than 9,000 miles every year from Australia and New Zealand to feed in the Arctic smorgasbord before flying home. Unprecedented die-offs, melting ice: Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic and beyond 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The lesser short-tailed bat was the only other contender giving the long-tailed bat a run for its money with voters. New Zealand held a contest for Bird of the Year. The birds lost 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Last August, high in the Andes Mountains of northern Chile, the South African mining group Gold Fields launched an operation to relocate some 25 endangered short-tailed chinchillas. A high-stakes chinchilla relocation effort stalls 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z She and the magazine’s editors helped come up with the car’s name, evoking the short-tailed Manx cat that the car vaguely resembled. Bruce Meyers, creator of the first fiberglass dune buggy, dies at 94 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The winged mammal, a Seba’s short-tailed bat, weighed about half an ounce. Shriek! Slap! Pow! The Small Bat Wins. 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The other, the short-tailed cane mouse, is also involved in the transmission of zoonotic diseases such as hantavirus and possibly Madariaga virus, an emergent encephalitis virus. How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z Scientists also retrieved a very skinny short-tailed shearwater for analysis at the U.S. Why are birds and seals starving in a Bering Sea full of fish? 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z A 2018 paper in the same journal linked years of abundant pink salmon with mass mortalities of short-tailed shearwaters. Scientists warn of too many pink salmon in North Pacific 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Of mammals, Elliot’s short-tailed shrew, the northern long-eared bat, Franklin’s ground squirrel and the spotted skunk benefit. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z The following year, another seabird die-off happened in the Bering and Chukchi seas of Alaska and Russia, affecting northern fulmars, short-tailed shearwaters and other species. Thousands of seabirds starved to death in the Bering Sea — and scientists see evidence of climate change 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z The short-tailed cane mouse prefers habitat on the edge of forests and abutting cattle pastures. How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z Their study suggests the sound recorded by US staff in Cuba was in fact the song of the Indies short-tailed cricket. Mystery illness returns at Cuba embassy 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z In the latest study, Dr. Jiang and Zixiao Yang examined fossils collected in China, of short-tailed juvenile pterosaurs that were about the size of pigeons. Feathers and Fur Fly Over Pterosaur Fossil Finding 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The researchers tested the idea by playing the call of the Indies short-tailed cricket in a room through a single loudspeaker. 'Sonic attack' on US embassy in Havana could have been crickets, say scientists 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z They found a striking resemblance to one species in particular: the Indies short-tailed cricket. The Sounds That Haunted U.S. Diplomats in Cuba? Lovelorn Crickets, Scientists Say 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z In the latest study, Jiang and Zixiao Yang examined fossils collected in China, of short-tailed juvenile pterosaurs that were about the size of pigeons. Feathers and fur fly over pterosaur fossil finding 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z This is especially true of the group of short-tailed pterosaurs called anurognathids, which used to dart and bob through Mesozoic era forests like bats, hawking for insects. Pterosaurs Just Keep Getting Weirder 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The sound he is searching for—so high-pitched that Toth’s older colleagues can’t hear it—belongs to a whiskered creature local to the area: the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat. On a Wing and a Song--Bats Belt Out High-Pitched Tunes to Woo Mates 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Compared with other short-tailed New Zealand bats, this species shows a shift in diet, which is more similar to that of its South American relatives. Extinct Burrowing Bat Discovered, and It Was Giant 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The song of the Indies short-tailed cricket “matches, in nuanced detail, the A.P. recording in duration, pulse repetition rate, power spectrum, pulse rate stability, and oscillations per pulse,” the scientists wrote in their analysis. The Sounds That Haunted U.S. Diplomats in Cuba? Lovelorn Crickets, Scientists Say 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Prairie grouse is a general term applied to two species of South Dakota game birds, prairie chickens and short-tailed grouse. Prairie grouse numbers rise ahead of Friday opener 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The list includes bird species such as Arctic terns, common eiders, Atlantic puffins and short-tailed shearwaters and mammals such as beluga whales, ringed seals and Atlantic white-sided dolphins. Animals are showing up in really strange places – this is the surprising reason why 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Next came the stoats, or, as Americans would say, short-tailed weasels. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The short-tailed albatross is distinguished from other albatross species by its bubble-gum pink bill. New fishing rule protects endangered seabird 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Stubbs recorded short-tailed crickets while in Costa Rica, and he found their songs overpowering. The Sounds That Haunted U.S. Diplomats in Cuba? Lovelorn Crickets, Scientists Say 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z According to GF&P; reports, short-tailed grouse are most heavily distributed in central and western South Dakota, while prairie chickens are more likely to be found in counties near the Missouri River. Prairie grouse numbers rise ahead of Friday opener 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The Seba’s short-tailed bats, which are common in Latin America, are among those species that help pollinate plants. Bats are in danger, and kids can help save them 2013-08-09T21:20:30Z From quadrupedal, terrestrial brookesiid ancestors, a lineage of short-bodied and short-tailed predators evolved. Welcome to the Squamozoic! 2013-04-01T13:45:05.040Z The proposed rule published Tuesday in the Federal Register is designed to protect the endangered short-tailed albatross, which once numbered in the millions but is down to about 1,200 individuals. New fishing rule protects endangered seabird 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z The Indies short-tailed cricket is known to live in the Florida Keys, Jamaica and Grand Cayman. The Sounds That Haunted U.S. Diplomats in Cuba? Lovelorn Crickets, Scientists Say 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service volunteer Sarah Gutowsky, A short-tailed albatross incubates an egg on its nest on Midway Atoll in 2010. Dot Earth Blog: An Albatross's Flight from Extinction's Edge 2012-04-20T20:40:58Z Feeding ecology of short-tailed shearwaters: breeding in Tasmania and foraging in the Antarctic? Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z Lemmings were plentiful, about twice the size of and resembling the short-tailed field-mouse. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z The two birds are endangered short-tailed albatrosses, and for the second time in the species’ recorded history, they nested there, producing a chick on American soil. Green Blog: They've Done It Again: An Albatross Chick 2012-01-26T21:13:19Z A LONG-TAILED pig and a short-tailed pig, Or a pig without e'er a tail, A sow pig, or a boar pig, Or a pig with a curly tail. The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes 2012-01-15T03:00:17.137Z The hamsters, of which there are several kinds, are short-tailed rodents, with large cheek-pouches, of which the largest is the common C. frumentarius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z There are two species of the Pangolin, or Manis, the long-tailed and the short-tailed, the former being a native of Africa and the latter of the East Indies. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Crab, krab, n. a popular name applied to any of the short-tailed division of decapod crustaceans: a sign in the zodiac: a portable winch: a sour-tempered person: the lowest throw at hazard—two aces.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The sorts used for carriage aprons, coat linings and the outside of motor coats include: blue kangaroo, bush kangaroo, bridled kangaroo, wallaroo, yellow kangaroo, rock wallaby, swamp wallaby and short-tailed wallaby. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z A long-tailed pig LONG-TAILED pig, and a short-tailed pig, Or a pig without e'er a tail, A sow pig, or a boar pig, Or a pig with a curly tail. National Rhymes of the Nursery 2011-07-12T02:00:29.700Z The long-tailed finches lilted over the reeds in anxious pursuit of their short-tailed, and therefore more nimble, mates; the crested lories called hoarsely from the mysterious depths of the jungle. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z There are two kinds of field mice, the long-tailed and the short-tailed varieties. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Coot, kōōt, n. a short-tailed water-fowl, with a characteristic white spot—an extension of the bill—on the forehead; hence called bald, as in phrase, 'bald as a coot.' Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z In order to obtain short-tailed pups the owner had the tails of both shortened. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z The short-tailed albatross chick must really be wondering what kind of place it lives in because it was washed away from the nest for the second time this year already. Impact of the Japan earthquake and tsunami on animals and environment 2011-03-22T11:45:00.237Z One chick in a short-tailed albatross nest was found unharmed about 35m away, after its nest was washed over. Japan tsunami kills albatrosses 2011-03-16T13:34:56Z The short-tailed variety occupies much the same geographical area, though it probably extends further. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Far from it: I finished two bottles of Hock in honor of your Science Premium, and I have called a short-tailed hack Bob, after you, though, unfortunately, she happens to be a mare. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Then in the twilight came mice, the short-tailed and the long, scampering hither and thither. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The short-tailed Pterodactylus described by Cuvier has the cerebral hemispheres very similar to those of a bird, but the relations of the hinder parts of the brain to each other are less clear. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z There was running through the fire and smoke, and casting of stones into the fire, ‘all running off at the conclusion to escape from the black short-tailed sow.’ British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z The long-tailed manis measures about five feet inclusive of the tail which is about three feet long, the short-tailed manis about four feet in all. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The short-tailed albatross is a striking bird, with a bright pink bill, a white body and a golden-colored crown and nape. Observatory: Rare Bird Expands Breeding Grounds to U.S. Islands 2010-12-10T17:32:00Z This case is analogous to the statement that the short-tailed sheep-dog was produced from parents that had had their tails amputated; and yet this is now an established breed. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z That condition is seen in the short-tailed genera, such as Pterodactylus. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z Perhaps this will prevent humans from joining the Cape Verde giant skink, the Tahiti rail, the Queen of Sheba’s gazelle and the New Zealand greater short-tailed bat. | Connecticut: The Solar System?s Long Life and (Alas) Eventual Death 2010-08-28T00:02:00Z In addition, their data puts the gray, short-tailed South American opossum on the earliest branch of the marsupial tree. Genetics Redraws Marsupial Family Tree 2010-07-29T14:52:00Z More voles and a short-tailed shrew were taken on later days. The Mammals of Warren Woods, Berrien County, Michigan Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology, Number 86 On several occasions when a short-tailed shrew was caught in the same pitfall with ant-eating frogs, it was found to have killed and eaten them. Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog In the short-tailed Pterodactyles the teeth are smaller, shorter, wider at the base of the crown, closer together, and do not extend so far backward in the jaw. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z Black mice, white ones, gray and brown, short-tailed and long-eared, or the reverse, they continued to eat the concentrates and spoil what they didn't eat. Student Body The short-tailed word on the title-page is an oddity intended probably to attract the reader's attention and lead him to look within. Noah Webster American Men of Letters Between July 21 and August 27 a total of two hundred and eighty-five mouse traps set in the upland forest took on the first nights one short-tailed shrew and thirty northern white-footed mice. The Mammals of Warren Woods, Berrien County, Michigan Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology, Number 86 All three nominal species are relatively small, short-tailed shrews. Taxonomy and Distribution of Some American Shrews The structure of the carpus is not distinct in all German specimens; but in the short-tailed Solenhofen genera the bones in the two rows retain their individuality. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z These short-tailed, grayish colored birds are among the strangest of feathered creatures; they frequent the sides of mountain streams where they feed upon aquatic insects and small fish. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. However, if the roots have been severely injured, perhaps by short-tailed mice, as sometimes happens, no basal shoots appear, in which case the tree is doomed. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 The Helming boys trapped a short-tailed shrew and also house mice and a white-footed mouse in the basement of their house. The Mammals of Warren Woods, Berrien County, Michigan Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology, Number 86 To the great astonishment of Moses Mouse, the short-tailed stranger seemed in no wise startled by his news. The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse These short-tailed Pterodactyles give the impression of being active little animals, having very much the aspect of birds, upon four legs or two. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z He has tried to run what is called a "short-tailed fox," and returns to the pack a sadder and a wiser dog. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science The commotion attracted a pack of five short-tailed, dog-like creatures which rushed upon the scene and drove the owls back to their sphere in the tree tops, while they cleaned up the remains. The Black Phantom These mice were of two kinds, the common long-tailed field mouse, and the short-tailed. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account They also eat the flesh of short-tailed sheep, but long-tailed sheep are an abomination to them, as they regard them as a kind of dog. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 The short-tailed indicated by the name Pterodactylus he further divided into long-nosed and short-nosed. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z This is a short-tailed bird about the size of a sparrow. Birds of the Indian Hills We there saw on a bough a short-tailed animal, with white hair. On the Banks of the Amazon It was a robot, looking slightly like a short-tailed tadpole, six feet long by three feet at the thickest. The Cosmic Computer Besides three score cows with their calves, a dozen horses and colts, turkeys, chickens, ducks, and geese galore, the Gillis ranch had three dogs, two collies, and a short-tailed sheep dog. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story The short-tailed group, which was recognised by De Blainville as intermediate between Birds and Reptiles, may take the name Pterodactylia, which he suggested as a convenient, distinctive name. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z It was drawn by a magnificent bay horse of Irish breed, short-tailed, and plump, which was driven by the same man whom we have already heard addressed by the name of Weber. The Queen's Necklace Stout-bodied, short-tailed animals, with a rudimentary thumb with a flat nail. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon There is the little field-mouse, a short-eared and short-tailed little creature with a thick neck and of a red-brown color. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Dr. Heck considers the long tail of the domestic sheep the chief impediment to the adoption of the theory of its descent from the short-tailed wild sheep. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 In the restoration the tail is shorter than in the short-tailed species from the Lithographic Slate, and unlike the tail in Ornithocheirus. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z He was fond of his gun, and one day a monkey, of the red and short-tailed kind, came and sat upon one of his out-offices. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II I now regret that I did not carefully examine the osteology of all short-tailed tigers which I have come across, to see whether they had the full complement of vertebræ. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon So the Red Un went on the payroll of the line, and requisition was made on the storekeeper for the short-tailed coat and the long trousers, and on the barber for a hair-cut. Love Stories Most of the former, with the appearance of short-tailed English hunters, were stepping gaily out. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time The eggs are brilliantly glossy, and, though considerably smaller, strongly resemble, as is well known, those of the little short-tailed Cetti's Warbler. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 And as he said it he looked, with his legs spread apart, and his short-tailed coat, and his general bluff sturdiness, almost as old English as he could have desired to look. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories At home I live chiefly on lemmings, which are a sort of clumsy, short-tailed field-mice, not good for anything but to be eaten. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Nobody who has travelled in Borneo can have failed to notice the great number of short-tailed cats. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Among other things he began to maintain that men, like dogs, can be divided into the short-tailed and the long-tailed. Rudin At the outskirts of the scrub, the short-tailed sleeping lizard with knobby scales was frequent: one of them contained six eggs. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Servant girl throws herself upon him wildly, and the virtuous young party in a short-tailed coat comes in and assists in the tableau. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 7: Miscellaneous All the Cebidae, both long-tailed and short-tailed, are equally dwellers in trees. The Naturalist on the River Amazons After a bit we could make out the doctor's short-tailed, mousy mare and him powdering along at a sort of hand gallop. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields People are short-tailed, he said, either from birth or through their own fault. Rudin This sudden arrival of a short-tailed Crustacean surprises us less when we learn that the crab has a long tail in its embryonic form, but the actual line of its descent is not clear. The Story of Evolution The short-tailed are in a sorry plight; nothing succeeds with them—they have no confidence in themselves. Rudin He may be weaker and inferior to the short-tailed; but he believes in himself; he displays his tail and every one admires it. Rudin |
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