单词 | namaqua sandgrouse |
释义 | > as lemmasNamaqua sandgrouse Namaqua sandgrouse n. a small sandgrouse of southern Africa, Pterocles namaqua, having a pointed tail and dark underparts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Pteroclidae (sand-grouse) > pterocles namaqua (Namaqua sandgrouse) Namaqua partridge1790 Namaqua grouse1801 rock grouse1864 Namaqua sandgrouse1891 1891 Longman's Mag. Sept. 519 The common Namaqua sandgrouse (Pterocles Namaqua), always called in South Africa the Namaqua partridge. 1962 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant Birds S. Third Afr. 372 Namaqua Sandgrouse... Birds of the desert fringe. A common Sandgrouse of the drier parts of South Africa especially the western side. 1994 S. Afr. Jrnl. Wildlife Res. 23 107 There is an embryonic commercial hunting industry based on Namaqua sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua in the northern Cape Province. < as lemmas |
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