单词 | mountain witch |
释义 | > as lemmasmountain witch mountain witch n. Jamaican a Jamaican quail-dove, Geotrygon versicolor, which has predominantly purplish-brown and grey plumage and inhabits montane forests. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > miscellaneous types of nutmeg pigeon1783 blue pigeon1790 Namaqua dove1801 mountain witch1823 partridge pigeon1823 imperial pigeon1830 toy1831 porcelain1855 toothbill1862 fruit-pigeon1865 orange dove1875 tambourine pigeon1891 topknot pigeon1891 cinnamon dove1895 partridge1936 1823 J. Stewart Past & Present State Island Jamaica 78 Solitary birds..the white-belly or white-breast, the mountain-witch, the partridge pigeon. 1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 318 These moans, heard..while the bird is rarely seen, have..given it the name of Mountain Witch. 1955 Lady Taylor Introd. Birds Jamaica 93 The Mountain Witch..occurs only in Jamaica... The first sight of it is usually on a forest path. < as lemmas |
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