单词 | mound-maker |
释义 | > as lemmasmound-maker 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 1860 C. Campbell Hist. Virginia 85 We may..conclude that either they..have greatly degenerated, or that the mound-makers were a distinct and superior race. 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. x. 243 The strange mound-maker (Megapodius gouldii). 1876 A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distribution Animals xiii. 399 The mound-makers (Megapodiidae) of the Australian region are more nearly allied to the South American curassows. < as lemmas |
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