英语词汇“gallinule”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	gallinule
释义	gallinule\|ˈgælɪnjuːl\| [ad. mod.L. gallīnula, the scientific name of the genus (in late L. the word occurs for a chicken), dim. of L. gallīna hen.] Book-name for a genus of birds, typified by the moor-hen (Gallinula chloropus). Also extended to other birds of allied genera. 1776Pennant Zool. II. 409–11 Gallinule..215. Spotted..217. Common.1785Latham Synopsis Birds III. i. 258 Common Gallinule..Common Water-Hen or More-Hen.1833C. Sturt 2 Exped. S. Australia I. i. 39 Various tribes of the galinule [sic]..made incessant noises around us.1872A. Domett Ranolf xvii. §3. 274 That rich gallinule of velvet violet plumage proud.1888Riverside Nat. Hist. IV. 131 The purple-gallinules..typified by the European species (Porphyrio porphyrio) and the American Ionornis martinica. So gallinuline a., pertaining to the gallinule. 1895Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 764 It falls into line with another gallinuline character.
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