单词 | tasmanian native hen |
释义 | > as lemmasTasmanian native hen native hen n. either of two Australian moorhens of the genus Gallinula, esp. (in full Tasmanian native hen) the large and flightless G. mortierii, found only in Tasmania. ΚΠ 1804 M. Hookey B. Knopwood & his Times (1929) 24 Mar. 20 Killed a Native Hen, which first took the sea. 1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. VI. pl. 71 Tribonyx Mortierii, Native Hen, of the Colonists. 1958 J. A. Leach Austral. Bird Bk. (ed. 9) 22 The Tasmanian Native Hen is one of the dozen or so birds confined to Tasmania. 1994 J. M. Masson When Elephants Weep (1996) 8 The female Tasmanian native hen often mates with two males and the trio raises the young together. < as lemmas |
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