单词 | mound bird |
释义 | > as lemmasmound bird mound bird n. a megapode; cf. mound builder n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Megapodidae (mound-builder) megapode1840 mound-building bird1846 mound bird1855 maleo1860 mound-maker1860 mound builder1869 megapod1890 incubator-bird1943 1855 W. S. Dallas in Syst. Nat. Hist. II. 219 The Megapodinæ, or Mound birds. 1896 B. Spencer Thro' Larapinta Land 83 We passed a mound-bird's nest. 1946 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 232 150 One panel..has representations of a lizard or crocodile and three birds, which are probably mound-birds (Megapodius). 1985 C. M. Perrins & A. L. A. Middleton Encycl. Birds 136 (caption) Portrait of a mound bird. < as lemmas |
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