释义 |
‖ curucui Ornith.|kʊəruːˈkuːɪ| Also couroucou, couroucoui. [The native name, of echoic origin, in Brazil and Guiana: in mod.F. couroucou.] A bird (Trogon curucui) found in Brazil and other parts of South America.
1678Ray Willoughby's Ornith. 140 The Brazilian Curucui of Marggrave. It is a very elegant and beautiful bird. 1781Latham Hist. Birds I. 545 Couroucou. 1785W. F. Martyn Dict. Nat. Hist., Curucui, a bird of the wood⁓pecker kind, found in Brazil. 1815J. F. Stephens Zool. ix. 4. 1885 A. Brassey The Trades 118 The specimens included..parrots, paroquets, couroucoui, pigeons. |