English Dictionary

plucking post

名詞

A raised structure such as a tree stump which is used regularly by a bird of prey to dismember its prey, removing feathers and various other inedible parts before consuming it.

日本語の意味

猛禽類が獲物を解体する際に、羽毛や食べられない部分を取り除くために利用する、倒木や切り株などの高く上げられた構造物。 / 猛禽類が狩猟対象の獲物を処理するための台として機能する、自然物や人工的に設置された基盤。

Each morning the peregrine returned to the same plucking post to strip the feathers from its catch.

毎朝、そのハヤブサは獲物の羽をむしるための同じ止まり木に戻ってきた。

意味（1）

A raised structure such as a tree stump which is used regularly by a bird of prey to dismember its prey, removing feathers and various other inedible parts before consuming it.

plucking posts （ plural ）