| 单词 | pharaoh's chicken |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPharaoh's chicken Pharaoh's chicken n. [compare earlier Pharaoh's hen n. and its French and Arabic models] the Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture > genus Neophron > species percnopterus (Egyptian vulture) ossifrage1572 geir-eagle1611 Pharaoh's hen1757 Maltese vulture1781 Pharaoh's chicken1799 neophron1833 scavenger-vulture1885 1799 H. Hunter tr. C. S. Sonnini Trav. Upper & Lower Egypt I. xx. 345 A flock of the vultures of Egypt, to which has been given, rather improperly, the name of Pharaoh's chickens [Fr. poules de Pharaon], were feasting on the putrid carcase of a dead animal cast upon the sand. 1904 G. Stratton-Porter Freckles iii. 63 You have perfectly described our nearest equivalent to a branch of these birds called in Europe Pharaoh's chickens. 1994 Independent (Nexis) 26 Aug. 13 They're not eagles. They're a shit-eating vulture known as the Pharaoh's chicken. < as lemmas |
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