单词 | lotus bird |
释义 | > as lemmaslotus bird lotus bird n. now chiefly Australian = jacana n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of family Jacanidae (jacana) jacana1753 lotus bird1839 surgeon1855 surgeon-bird1870 lily-trotter1920 1839 Sporting Mag. May 98 The Spirit of the unfortunate Nymph..flits to the present day under the graceful shape and brilliant plumage of the lotus bird. 1934 Austral. Museum Mag. Apr. 187/1 The outstanding features of the Lotus Bird are the long legs, the extreme development of the toes, and the elongated, almost straight, spur-like claws. 2010 J. Nicolson Long Creek xvi. 240 Lotus Birds, with their fleshy, red, forehead combs, were stepping from pad to pad. < as lemmas |
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