| 释义 |
‖ pauxi Ornith.|ˈpɔːksɪ|
[a. Sp. pauxi, now pauji (ˈpauxi), a. Mexican pauxi |ˈpauʃi|; in Pg. pawxi |ˈpauʃi|, F. pauxi, mod.L. Pauxis. See also altered forms under powese.]
The Galeated Curassow (Pauxis galeata): see curassow.
[1651F. Hernandez Animal. Mexican. Hist. ccxxii, De Pauxi vocata ave.] 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Pauxi,..the name of an American bird. 1827Griffith Cuvier's Anim. K. VIII. 119 It possesses all the characters of a genuine Pauxi. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. II. xviii. 151 The pauxi and the guacharaca, which may be called the turkeys and pheasants of those countries. |