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单词 jacana
释义

jacanan.

Brit. /ˈdʒakənə/, /ˌdʒasəˈnɑː/, U.S. /ˈdʒækənə/
Forms: Also jassana.
Etymology: < Tupi-Guarani jasaná, in Portuguese spelling jaçaná. (See Newton Dict. Birds.)
Any bird of the genus Parra ( Jacana) or family Parridæ ( Jacanidæ), consisting of grallatorial aquatic birds inhabiting the warmer regions of the world, having enormous straight claws, which enable them to walk on the floating leaves of aquatic plants.
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lotus bird1839
surgeon1855
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lily-trotter1920
1648 G. Marggraf Historiae Rerum Naturalium Brasiliae 190 Iacana Brasiliensibus, gallina aquatica.]
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Jacana, the name of a Brasilian bird, a species of moor-hen.
1792 Buffon's Nat. Hist. Abridged (London ed.) II. 117 The Jacana..is most common in South America.
1820 Neuwied Trav. Brazil iii. 25 Large flocks appeared of Jassanas.
1888 R. Buchanan City of Dream ix. 195 And walking upon floating lotus leaves The red jacana screamed.
1895 C. Dixon in Fortn. Rev. Apr. 652 The Parridæ or jacanas, those curious long-toed birds that run over the floating vegetation of the marshes and swamps of the tropics.
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