| 单词 | bronze-winged pigeon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbronze-winged pigeon bronze-winged pigeon n. (also bronze-winged pigeon) = bronze-wing n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > member of genus Phaps > phaps chalcoptera (bronze-wing) bronze-winged pigeon1832 bronze-wing pigeon1835 squatter1872 squatter pigeon1881 1832 in Bischoff Van Diemen's Land ii. 31 The pigeons are by far the most beautiful birds in the island; they are called bronze winged pigeons. 1832 J. Bischoff Sketch Hist. Van Diemen's Land II. 31 By far the most beautiful birds in the island..are called bronze-winged pigeons. 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes III. ii. 48 I killed..a few bronzed-winged pigeons. 1897 Daily News 24 May 9/4 A pair of Smith's partridge bronze-winged pigeons (Geophaps Smithi) from Northern Queensland. 1927 M. M. Bennett Christison of Lammermoor vii. 72 A bronzewinged pigeon flew past him. < as lemmas |
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