| 单词 | channel-billed cuckoo |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschannel-billed cuckoo channel-billed cuckoo n. a large species of cuckoo native to Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia, Scythrops novaehollandiae, having predominantly grey plumage and a large downwardly curving bill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > other members or allies of malkoha1769 whetsaw1778 railbird1793 channelbill1801 guira1866 ground-cuckoo1883 channel-billed cuckoo1887 1887 C. C. Abbott Cycl. Natural Hist. xxiii. 382 In Australia occurs one of the very largest [cuckoos], the channel-billed cuckoo. 1951 Beaudesert (Queensland) Times 20 Apr. 7/2 He had found defendant..carrying a pea rifle and a dead channel billed cuckoo, which is a protected bird throughout the State. 2016 B. Thomson & M. Robinson Australian Wildlife After Dark iv. 74 Channel-billed Cuckoos are mainly fruit and berry eaters as adults. < as lemmas |
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