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单词 guira
释义

guiran.

/ˈɡwʌɪərə/
Etymology: American Spanish, < Tupi guira bird.
In full guira cuckoo. A non-parasitic cuckoo, Guira guira, found in eastern tropical South America.
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1866 Proc. Zool. Soc. 79 Guira Cuckoo (Guira piririgua). One of these birds during the early part of the summer dropped or laid an egg on the ground in the aviary.
1867 Proc. Zool. Soc. 585 When alarmed it [sc. Opisthocomus cristatus] throws up its crest in exactly the same manner as the Guira.
1889 P. L. Sclater & W. H. Hudson Argentine Ornithol. II. 32 The Guira Cuckoo is about sixteen inches long, has red eyes and blue feet, and an orange-red beak.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 13 May 12/1 The guira lays blue eggs covered with a network of chalky matter.
1957 M. H. Mitchell Observ. Birds S.E. Brazil 93 Guira Cuckoos are odd-looking birds, with their shaggy heads, very long tails..and baleful yellow eyes.
1957 M. H. Mitchell Observ. Birds S.E. Brazil 94 The voice of the Guira is louder and the calls more varied.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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