单词 | poultry kind |
释义 | > as lemmaspoultry kind poultry kind n. ΚΠ 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. 148 Phytivorous birds of short wings, less fit for flight; may be distinguished into such as are..of whitish flesh, most proper for food..laying many Eggs, called the Poultry-kind. 1848 Amer. Whig Rev. Jan. 65/1 Paraguay presents the same marks of unsparing beneficence and bountiful profusion in the Poultry kind. 1881 W. Carleton Festival of Praise 48 Now let the housewife's nets be cast, And all the poultry kind Begin to realize, at last, For what they were designed. 1950 J. P. MacGregor tr. M. Gaudefroy-Demombynes Muslim Instit. xii. 178 The multitudes of the poultry kind are rarely well grown. < as lemmas |
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