单词 | mikado pheasant |
释义 | > as lemmasMikado pheasant 3. In full Mikado pheasant [compare Japanese Mikado kiji] . A rare pheasant, Syrmaticus mikado, of the mountains of Taiwan, having black plumage with white markings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Syrmaticus Mikado pheasant1922 1906 W. R. Ogilvie-Grant in Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 16 123 Among the Mikado's collection of live animals and birds, at Tokio, there are said to be a pair of Pheasants from Formosa belonging to an undescribed species.] 1922 C. W. Beebe Monogr. Pheasants III. 200 In appearance..the Mikado Pheasant resembles the tragopans and impeyans, being heavy bodied and rather thick-necked. 1922 C. W. Beebe Monogr. Pheasants III. 201 Several healthy hybrids with the Elliot pheasant…strongly resemble the female Mikado. 1965 P. Wayre Wind in Reeds xv. 212 There the Mikado inhabits the bamboo and juniper thickets..above five thousand feet. 1972 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 1 July 19/1 Next on the list for rehabilitation in Formosa (Taiwan to most, these days) is the Mikado pheasant. 1992 Free China Rev. May 64/2 Nine bird species are listed as endangered:..Swinhoe's pheasant, Mikado pheasant, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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