| 单词 | ocellated turkey |
| 释义 | > as lemmasocellated turkey ocellated turkey n. [after scientific Latin Meleagris ocellata (Cuvier: see quot. 1840)] a small wild turkey of Central America, Meleagris (or Agriocharis) ocellata, having prominent blue-centred eyespots on its tail. ΚΠ 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 226 A second [species of turkey], however, has been recently described, the Ocellated Turkey (M. ocellata, Cuv.), which approximates the Peafowl in the splendour of its colours, and by the disks of sapphirine-blue inclosed by circles of gold and ruby-red, which adorn the tail-coverts. 1961 V. W. Von Hagen Anc. Sun Kingdoms Amer. 238 Fowl was varied and many. Foremost was the wild ocellated turkey, famed for its gamy flavor. 1992 Atlantic Feb. 99/1 Ocellated turkeys move among the cabanas of the lodge in early morning and at twilight, foraging the lawns and drumming. < as lemmas |
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