Definition of quelea in English:

quelea

noun ˈkwiːlɪəˈkwēlēə

A brownish weaver bird found in Africa, the male of which has either a black face or a red head.
奎利亚雀。亦称DIOCH
Genus Quelea, family Ploceidae: three species, in particular the red-billed quelea (Q. quelea), which occurs in huge numbers and is an important pest of crops
Also called dioch
Example sentencesExamples
- However queleas are different because plumage does not signal quality in this species.
- The arrival of huge flocks of quelea birds in northern Nigeria, where low rainfall hits crop yields, has raised fears of food shortages in the region of mainly subsistence farmers.
- The ngosha (Quelea quelea) is a small but very numerous granivorous bird that sweeps over the sky in flocks like small clouds and descends on grain fields to feast.
- The regular loss of rice and other grain crops to large flocks of quelea led Nigeria's government to begin spraying the area with chemical control agents whose long-term effects on other life forms have not been determined.
- In addition to grain, queleas also feed on insects and, in the dry season, strip the leaves from trees.

Origin

Modern Latin, perhaps from medieval Latin qualea 'quail'.

Definition of quelea in US English:

quelea

nounˈkwēlēə

A brownish weaverbird found in Africa, the male of which has either a black face or a red head.
奎利亚雀。亦称DIOCH
Genus Quelea, family Ploceidae: three species, in particular the red-billed quelea (Q. quelea), which occurs in huge numbers and is an important pest of crops
Example sentencesExamples
- The ngosha (Quelea quelea) is a small but very numerous granivorous bird that sweeps over the sky in flocks like small clouds and descends on grain fields to feast.
- In addition to grain, queleas also feed on insects and, in the dry season, strip the leaves from trees.
- However queleas are different because plumage does not signal quality in this species.
- The arrival of huge flocks of quelea birds in northern Nigeria, where low rainfall hits crop yields, has raised fears of food shortages in the region of mainly subsistence farmers.
- The regular loss of rice and other grain crops to large flocks of quelea led Nigeria's government to begin spraying the area with chemical control agents whose long-term effects on other life forms have not been determined.

Origin

Modern Latin, perhaps from medieval Latin qualea ‘quail’.

单词	quelea
释义	Definition of quelea in English: quelea noun ˈkwiːlɪəˈkwēlēə A brownish weaver bird found in Africa, the male of which has either a black face or a red head. 奎利亚雀。亦称DIOCH Genus Quelea, family Ploceidae: three species, in particular the red-billed quelea (Q. quelea), which occurs in huge numbers and is an important pest of crops Also called dioch Example sentencesExamples However queleas are different because plumage does not signal quality in this species. The arrival of huge flocks of quelea birds in northern Nigeria, where low rainfall hits crop yields, has raised fears of food shortages in the region of mainly subsistence farmers. The ngosha (Quelea quelea) is a small but very numerous granivorous bird that sweeps over the sky in flocks like small clouds and descends on grain fields to feast. The regular loss of rice and other grain crops to large flocks of quelea led Nigeria's government to begin spraying the area with chemical control agents whose long-term effects on other life forms have not been determined. In addition to grain, queleas also feed on insects and, in the dry season, strip the leaves from trees. Origin Modern Latin, perhaps from medieval Latin qualea 'quail'. Definition of quelea in US English: quelea nounˈkwēlēə A brownish weaverbird found in Africa, the male of which has either a black face or a red head. 奎利亚雀。亦称DIOCH Genus Quelea, family Ploceidae: three species, in particular the red-billed quelea (Q. quelea), which occurs in huge numbers and is an important pest of crops Example sentencesExamples The ngosha (Quelea quelea) is a small but very numerous granivorous bird that sweeps over the sky in flocks like small clouds and descends on grain fields to feast. In addition to grain, queleas also feed on insects and, in the dry season, strip the leaves from trees. However queleas are different because plumage does not signal quality in this species. The arrival of huge flocks of quelea birds in northern Nigeria, where low rainfall hits crop yields, has raised fears of food shortages in the region of mainly subsistence farmers. The regular loss of rice and other grain crops to large flocks of quelea led Nigeria's government to begin spraying the area with chemical control agents whose long-term effects on other life forms have not been determined. Origin Modern Latin, perhaps from medieval Latin qualea ‘quail’.
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