单词 | great-winged petrel |
释义 | great-winged petreln. A large petrel with dark brown plumage, Pterodroma macroptera (family Procellariidae), of the southern hemisphere; in New Zealand also called mutton-bird. ΚΠ 1865 J. Gould Handbk. Birds Austral. II. 449 (heading) Great Winged Petrel..differs from the next species in being of a larger size. 1948 Emu 47 211 Western Australia is the only state in the Commonwealth that possesses breeding stations of the Great-winged Petrel. 1956 Ibis 98 171 (title) The breeding of the great-winged petrel Pterodroma macroptera. 1995 Ibis 137 360 The Great-winged Petrel (winter breeder) was mainly an annual breeder with 78% of successful birds breeding again the next year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865 |
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