单词 | crested fireback |
释义 | > as lemmascrested fireback 2. Also more fully fireback pheasant. Any of several South-East Asian pheasants of the genus Lophura, the males of which have reddish rumps; esp. (in full crested fireback) L. ignita, the male of which is predominantly dark blue.Cf. fire-backed pheasant n. at fire-backed adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Lophura > lophura ignitus (fire-back) fire-backed pheasant1797 fireback1829 Macartney1834 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VIII. 28 The male here described agrees with a bird brought by Capt. Hay, as the hen of the Fire-back Pheasant. 1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. Birds 613 The very handsome Fireback is an Asiatic bird, inhabiting Sumatra. 1965 P. Wayre Wind in Reeds xv. 215 A trio of Bornean Great Argus and several Greater Bornean Crested Fireback Pheasants. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 15/2 The description resembles a female Crested fireback.., once common in Sumatra and Borneo. < as lemmas |
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