单词 | goura |
释义 | Gouran. A genus of large crested pigeons inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands; a pigeon of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Goura crowned pigeon1779 crown pigeon1822 Goura1855 Victoria crowned pigeonc1882 ground-pigeon1885 1855 J. Wilson Let. in Hamilton Mem. (1859) viii. 313 A gigantic foreign species called the Goura, or Crown pigeon. 1886 St. Stephen's Rev. 13 Mar. 14/1 On one side..was set a gourah's picturesque head with its cockatoo-like crest of delicate plumage. 1895 Daily News 5 July 5/3 The goura, heron, and bird of paradise are becoming rare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1855 |
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