| 单词 | meadow chicken |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeadow chicken meadow chicken n. U.S. any of several North American rails, spec. the sora, Porzana carolina. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > rail or coot meadow hena1841 meadow chicken1888 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 132 At East Haddam, Conn., it [sc. Porzana carolina] is the Meadow Chicken. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 539 Meadow-chicken and Meadow-hen, names given in North America to more than one species of Rail or Coot. 1938 H. C. Oberholser Bird Life Louisiana 203 The well known Sora, or as it is sometimes called, ‘Carolina Rail’, or ‘meadow chicken’, is a rather small bird, easily distinguished from its relatives by its black throat. < as lemmas |
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