| 单词 | bustard quail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbustard quail bustard quail n. any of several button-quails or hemipodes of the genus Turnix (family Turnicidae); (now) spec. the barred button-quail, T. suscitator, which is widespread in Asia. ΚΠ 1832 Proc. Comm. Sci. & Corr. Zool. Soc. London 2 xxiii. 155 Hemipodius pugnax, Temm... Common in the Dukhun, and called the Bustard Quail by Europeans. 1893 A. Newton Dict. Birds Hemipode, a recognized English rendering of Temminck's generic name Hemipodius..for a small group of birds some of which Anglo-Indians often call ‘Bustard-Quails’ or ‘Button-Quails’. 1940 C. Wells North of Singapore vii. 152 Another strange bird is the Bustard Quail which has several topsy turvy habits. The female is larger than the male. 1998 K. Desai Hullabaloo in Guava Orchard (1999) xv. 137 Bird-watching soothed and relaxed him like nothing else in his regimented life. Cormorants, black storks, paddy birds, cattle egrets, little bustard quails; orioles, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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