| 单词 | tawny-shouldered podargus | 
| 释义 | > as lemmastawny-shouldered podargus   A bird of the genus  Podargus (family  Podargidae), resembling a large nightjar and found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands; a frogmouth; esp. (more fully  tawny-shouldered podargus) the tawny frogmouth,  P. strigoides. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > 			[noun]		 > family Podargidae (frogmouth) > podargus strigoides (tawny frogmouth) podargus1829 tawny frogmouth1901 1829    E. Griffith et al.  Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VII. 81  				Great-headed Podargus. Caprimulgus Megacephalus. 1837    Proc. Zool. Soc. 5 67  				The sclerotic ring of the great Podargus does not present the slightest appearance of distinct plates. 1865    G. F. Angas Austral. 88  				The podargus, or goatsucker, is a stupid-looking creature, with very large eyes, and an enormous mouth. 1933    Bulletin 		(Sydney)	 19 Apr. 21/4  				My choice for the quietest bush bird is the tawny frogmouth, or podargus. 1961    Coast to Coast 1959–60 66  				‘You know the Podargus.’ ‘It's a bird. The tawny-shouldered frogmouth.’ 1991    I. Tree Ruling Passion J. Gould 		(BNC)	 97  				Gould was sitting up at night on the Appletree Flats waiting to ambush a tawny-shouldered podargus. < as lemmas | 
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