单词 | pavonine toucan |
释义 | > as lemmaspavonine toucan In the names of species of bird resembling peacocks in colour, markings, etc., as pavonine cuckoo, pavonine quetzal, pavonine toucan. ΚΠ 1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VII. 119 Ramphastos Pavoninus Gmel. Tucana Mexicana Viridis. Briss. The Pavonine Toucan. Lath. ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. IV. 294 The Pavonine Toucan. This is of the size and shape of a parrot; its plumage is almost entirely green, only sprinkled with some red spots. 1970 R. Meyer de Schauensee Birds S. Amer. 164/2 Pavonine quetzal. Pharomachrus pavoninus. 1997 J. del Hoyo et al. Handbk. Birds of World IV. 528/2 The brood-parasitic Pheasant Cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus), Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus) and American Striped Cuckoo use several species of host, but most typically passerines with covered, domed nests. < as lemmas |
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