单词 | tragopan |
释义 | tragopann. Any of several short-tailed Asian pheasants constituting the genus Tragopan, the males of which have a pair of erectile fleshy horns on the head and colourful bare skin on the face and throat. Also called horned pheasant. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > miscellaneous members gold pheasant1765 white-eared1780 cheer1826 tragopan1829 koklass1864 tree-partridge1864 wood-quail1891 bush-quail1893 swamp quail1895 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VIII. 30 The Tragopan. Tragopan, Cuv. The male of this genus has the head more strangely ornamented than any other bird. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §431 The Tragopans seem to connect the Pheasants with the Turkeys. 1882 Athenæum 27 May 671/1 Additions made to the [Zool. Soc.] menagerie during April..: a pair of black-headed tragopans (Ceriornis melanocephala);..a male Cabot's tragopan (Ceriornis Caboti). 1921 Game Breeder Feb. 137/2 There are five full species and one sub-species of Tragopans. 1990 Stamp Monthly Mar. 42/1 Bhutan indigenous species: chestnut-headed tit-babbler, Alcippe castaneceps,..satyr tragopan, Tragopan satyra. 2006 Guardian 13 Jan. i. 17/1 Tragopan pheasants from the Himalayas, sunbirds from southeast Asia and weaverbirds from Africa have all been reported in British gardens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829 |
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