| 单词 | purple water-hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurple water-hen purple water-hen n. now rare a rail of the genus Porphyrio or a related genus; spec. = purple swamphen n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > porphyrio porphyrio (swamp hen) porphyrioa1425 purple gallinule1782 purple water-hen1790 pukeko1835 sultana1837 swamp hen1848 1790 Nat. Hist. in J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales App. 238 To this genus belongs..a very beautiful exotic species called the Purple Water-hen, which is the Fulica porphyrio of Linnæus. 1883 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 808/2 Allied to all these is the genus Porphyrio, including the bird so named by classical writers, and perhaps a dozen other species often called Sultanas and Purple Water-hens. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo App. i. 320 Porphyrio caeruleus (Purple water hen). < as lemmas |
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