| 释义 |
koreke N.Z.|kɒˈreɪkeɪ|
[Maori.]
An extinct native quail, Coturnix novæzealandiæ.
1871F. W. Hutton Catal. Birds N.Z. 22 Native Quail. Koreke. Black, streaked with white, and varied with reddish brown on the back. 1882W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! II. 223 The Koreke..the native quail. 1930W. R. B. Oliver N.Z. Birds 374 New Zealand Quail. Koreke. 1966R. A. Falla et al. Field Guide Birds N.Z. 100 Galliformes. The only indigenous member of this order, Coturnix novæzealandiæ, Koreke of the Maoris, became extinct about 1870. |