| 单词 | white flesher |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite flesher white flesher n. North American (now rare) the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus, which has pale flesh. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Bonasa > bonasa umbellus (ruffled grouse) partridge1578 pheasant1766 birch partridge1823 white flesher1827 ruffled grouse1850 willow grouse1850 pat1933 1827 D. Douglas Jrnl. 13 May (1914) 265 Mr. Stuart killed a male partridge..called by him White Flesher—different from the common ruffled grouse—too much destroyed for preserving. 1866 J. K. Lord Naturalist in Vancouver Island II. ii. 43 From September to Christmas the ‘white-flesher’ (for so he is named) is at his best. 2011 D. Bennet & T. Tiner Compl. Up North 97/2 Alias [of ruffed grouse]: Partridge, woods pheasant, birch partridge, pine hen.., long-tailed grouse, white flesher, wood grouse, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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