| 单词 | partridge pigeon |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspartridge pigeon partridge pigeon n. †(a) Caribbean = partridge dove n. (obsolete); (b) either of two Australian bronzewing pigeons, Geophaps smithii and (now spec.) G. scripta. 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 while-belly or white-breast, the mountain-witch, the partridge pigeon. 1842 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) V. Pl. 68 Geophaps smithii..Partridge Pigeon, Residents at Port Essington. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. i. 8 The partridge pigeon (Geophaps scripta) abounded in the Acacia groves. 1956 A. C. C. Lock Trop. Tapestry 115 We flushed a magnificent partridge pigeon whose habits are similar to that of the squatter pigeon. 1976 Reader's Digest Compl. Bk. Austral. Birds 246 Partridge pigeons fly like partridges, in short, swift bursts close to the ground. 1994 Oxf. Econ. Papers 46 730 A card exhibited biology text-like pictures of six wildlife species (i.e. orange horseshoe bat,..Calaby's mouse, and the partridge pigeon). < as lemmas |
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