| 单词 | pheasant-tailed |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspheasant-tailed pheasant-tailed adj. having a tail resembling that of a pheasant; spec. (a) Australian designating a long-tailed cuckoo-dove of the east coast of Australia, Macropygia amboinensis, which is brown with paler underparts; (b) designating a long-tailed jacana of South-East Asia, Hydrophasianus chirurgus. ΚΠ 1844 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) V. Pl. 75 From what I could personally observe during my residence in New South Wales, the Pheasant-tailed Pigeon resorts entirely to the brushes. 1889 Cent. Dict. at Jacana The pheasant-tailed jacana of India, Hydrophasianus chirurgus..has a very long tail. 1943 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. 157 The white-headed pigeon..and the ‘brownie’, or pheasant-tailed pigeon..belong to the wood-pigeon family. 1991 C. Willock Kingdoms of East (BNC) 95 The male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them. < as lemmas |
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