| 单词 | mountain hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain hen mountain hen n. now chiefly North American any of various grouse and other game birds frequenting hilly country. ΚΠ 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Iii4 There are many more Countrey Hens, as the Water-Hen, and the Mountain-Hen, called Modcock, or Woodcock. 1706 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 25 2282 Two Dissections of Mr Ray's, viz. of a Hare and the Mountain Hen. 1860 H. Greeley Overland Journey 171 The black-tailed deer of the mountains is a general favorite; so is the mountain-hen or grouse. 1910 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 28 Apr. 10/4 A mountain hen that lays less than fourteen or sixteen eggs a day is a lazy hen and is not worthy of a place on a pheasant farm. 2001 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 18 Apr. c15 Most mountain hens go on the nest full time during the second week of May. < as lemmas |
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