| 释义 |
kotare N.Z.|ˈkɔːtare|
[Maori kōtare.]
The native kingfisher, Halcyon sancta.
1873W. L. Buller Hist. Birds N.Z. 69 Halcyon vagans. (New-Zealand Kingfisher.)..Native names. Kotare and Kotaretare; ‘Kingfisher’ of the colonists. 1882W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! II. 221 The Kotare..is a kingfisher. 1930W. R. B. Oliver N.Z. Birds 430 Sacred Kingfisher. Kotare. Halcyon sanctus. 1968Landfall XXII. 249 Like worm in kotare's beak my old maori lies limp. |