单词 | blue-footed booby |
释义 | > as lemmasblue-footed booby blue-footed booby n. the seabird Sula nebouxii, allied to the gannets (family Sulidae), which has pale blue feet and frequents tropical and subtropical areas of the east Pacific. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > family Sulidae (gannets) > member of (miscellaneous) booby1625 malgas1731 takapu1842 blue-footed booby1888 1888 Auk 5 241 The following is a low estimate of the birds breeding there, viz.: Blue-footed Booby, 1000; Brewster's Booby, 700; [etc.]. 1958 E. T. Gilliard Birds of World 58/1 Another tropical species, the Blue-footed Booby (S. nebouxii),..is also small and is chiefly cinnamon-brown mottled with white. 2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Oct. 34/1 About fifty of the pictures are hers, including two portraits, of Darwin's finches and of blue-footed boobies. < as lemmas |
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