| 单词 | nutmeg pigeon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnutmeg pigeon nutmeg pigeon n. any of several pigeons of the genus Ducula, found in South-East Asia and Australia, which feed on nutmegs and other fruits; esp. a pied imperial pigeon of the New Guinean subspecies D. bicolor spilorhoa. 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 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. iii. 636 Nutmeg P[igeon]... Size of the Ring Pigeon..inhabits the Molucca islands, where it feeds on Nutmegs. 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. II. xxix. 181 It is a rare species, which I have named Carpophaga concinna... The same species..in the island of Banda is called the nutmeg-pigeon. 1895 W. R. O. Grant in R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. IV. 369 The white nutmeg pigeon..is a handsome species found in the Philippine Islands [etc.]. c1960 C. Mackness Clump Point & District 4 Nutmeg pigeons were then very numerous... They could be pulled off their nests with the bare hands at dusk. < as lemmas |
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