单词 | eye wattle |
释义 | > as lemmaseye wattle eye wattle n. Ornithology a coloured fleshy wattle around or near the eye of a bird. ΚΠ 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. vi. 188 A long-beaked carrier, having large eye-wattles. 1937 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1936 88 581 Turacus persa zenkeri Reichenow... Iris dark brown, eye wattle vermilion, bill madder with black tip, feet black. 2003 New Scientist (Nexis) 7 June 93 The eye wattle—the coloured skin around the eye—..is an ornamental and sometimes behaviourally functional feature. < as lemmas |
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