单词 | cock of the plains |
释义 | > as lemmascock of the plains (e) cock of the plains: the sage grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus (North American, now historical). ΚΠ 1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 20 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1988) V. 129 Capt. C. killed a cock of the plains or mountain cock. It was of a dark brown colour with a long and pointed tail larger than the dunghill fowl. 1917 E. H. Forbush in T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. II. 29 Sage Hen..Cock of the Plains..exceeds all other Grouse in size, with the possible exception of the great Black Grouse..of Europe. 2000 Assoc. Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 16 Oct. The sage grouse is an icon, the cock of the plains that Lewis and Clark wrote about in their journals. < as lemmas |
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