| 单词 | fantail-pigeon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfantail-pigeon 2. A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the form of its tail. Also fantail-pigeon. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > fan-tail shaker1668 fan-tail1735 1735 J. Moore Columbarium 54 They [pigeons] are call'd by some Fan-Tails. 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! II. 148 The..fan-tails and the..powters are of my breed! 1841 Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 230 Runts, fantails, tumblers, and pouters. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species i. 21 The fantail has thirty or even forty tail feathers, instead of twelve or fourteen. 1884 M. Crommelin Brown-eyes i. 3 The grazing deer, and the proud fantail pigeons. < as lemmas |
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