单词 | guarauna |
释义 | guaraunan. A bird of the genus Aramus; the courlan or limpkin. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > member of family Aramidae (limpkin) guarauna1678 clocking hen1703 clucking hen?1740 limpkin1885 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 292 The Brasilian Guarauna of Marggrave. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 248/2 The Brisilian Guarauna. It hath a long bill a little inclining downwards..It is in form like the Woodcock. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Guarauna, in zoology, the name of a small Brasilian bird common in watery places, and of the size of our snipe. 1895 C. Dixon in Fortn. Rev. Apr. 645 Such peculiar forms as the hoazin..the two guaraunas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1678 |
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