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词汇 rodent run
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Definition of rodent run in English:

rodent run

noun
Ornithology
  • (Also "rodent-run display") a distraction display performed by some ground-nesting birds when disturbed by a predator, in which they run from the nest in a manner resembling a running rodent.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in Ibis: a quarterly journal of ornithology.

Definition of rodent run in US English:

rodent run

noun
Ornithology
  • (Also "rodent-run display") a distraction display performed by some ground-nesting birds when disturbed by a predator, in which they run from the nest in a manner resembling a running rodent.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in Ibis: a quarterly journal of ornithology.

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