单词 | cotinga |
释义 | cotingan. A South American bird, or family of passerine birds, of brilliant plumage. Originally applied to the Sky-blue Chatterer ( Ampelis cotinga of Linnæus); this (under the name Cotinga cærulea) was subsequently made the type of a genus, the cotingas, which has since been taken as the type of a family Cotingidæ, cognate to the Ampelidæ or Chatterers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Cotingidae (cotinga) cotinga1781 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 94. 1812 W. Smellie & W. Wood tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular XV. 33 Few birds have such beautiful plumage as the Cotingas. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 182 The Cotingas have the beak compressed, as in the generality of flycatchers. Derivatives coˈtingine adj. pertaining or related to the cotinga. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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