slovodefinícia
Melospiza Georgiana
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Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D.
zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv["o]ppr, Dan. &
Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.]
Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but
not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the
seashore.
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Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.
--Tennyson.
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A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing
trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only
herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming
Encyc. (E.
Edwards,
Words).
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Swamp blackbird. (Zool.) See Redwing
(b) .

Swamp cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage.

Swamp deer (Zool.), an Asiatic deer (Rucervus Duvaucelli)
of India.

Swamp hen. (Zool.)
(a) An Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus);
-- called also goollema.
(b) An Australian water crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis);
-- called also little swamp hen.
(c) The European purple gallinule.

Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea
viscosa} syn. Rhododendron viscosa or {Rhododendron
viscosum}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers
of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called
also swamp pink and white swamp honeysuckle.

Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling
logs. Cf. Cant hook.

Swamp itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under Prairie.

Swamp laurel (Bot.), a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small
leaves with the lower surface glaucous.

Swamp maple (Bot.), red maple. See Maple.

Swamp oak (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak
which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak
(Quercus palustris), swamp white oak ({Quercus
bicolor}), swamp post oak (Quercus lyrata).

Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore; limonite.

Swamp partridge (Zool.), any one of several Australian game
birds of the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria, allied
to the European partridges.

Swamp robin (Zool.), the chewink.

Swamp sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of the
genus Magnolia (Magnolia glauca) with aromatic leaves
and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet
bay}.

Swamp sparrow (Zool.), a common North American sparrow
(Melospiza Georgiana, or Melospiza palustris), closely
resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy
places.

Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy.
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melospiza georgiana
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Melospiza georgiana
n 1: North American finch of marshy area [syn: swamp sparrow,
Melospiza georgiana]
podobné slovodefinícia
melospiza georgiana
(wn)
Melospiza georgiana
n 1: North American finch of marshy area [syn: swamp sparrow,
Melospiza georgiana]

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