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单词 potoo
释义 potoo|pəʊˈtuː|
[Echoic; from its cry.]
The name given in Jamaica to one of the Nightjars (Nyctibius jamaicensis).
1847Gosse Birds Jamaica 42 The Potoo is not unfrequently seen in the evening..soon after sunset on some dead tree or fence-post, or floating by on noiseless wing, like an owl.Ibid. 47 The Potoo has become a proverb of ugliness.1894in Newton Dict. Birds.
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