英语词汇“seriema”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

seriema

/ˌsɛrɪˈiːmə

(also cariama /ˌkarɪˈɑːmə/)

noun

A large ground-dwelling South American bird related to the bustards, with a long neck and legs and a crest above the bill.

Family Cariamidae: two genera and species.

There are trumpeters, cariamas, and the limpkin in South America; sungrebes in South America, Africa, and southeastern Asia; and mesites on Madagascar....

Another clue comes from the predatory habits of the closest living relatives of terror birds - seriema.
And indeed, today's two species of seriema in southern South America appear to be derived from Pleistocene fossil birds which were once giant, flightless predators (known as phorusrhacoids) of now-extinct fauna.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Tupi siriema 'crested'.

单词	seriema
释义	seriema /ˌsɛrɪˈiːmə / (also cariama /ˌkarɪˈɑːmə/) noun A large ground-dwelling South American bird related to the bustards, with a long neck and legs and a crest above the bill. Family Cariamidae: two genera and species. There are trumpeters, cariamas, and the limpkin in South America; sungrebes in South America, Africa, and southeastern Asia; and mesites on Madagascar.... Another clue comes from the predatory habits of the closest living relatives of terror birds - seriema. And indeed, today's two species of seriema in southern South America appear to be derived from Pleistocene fossil birds which were once giant, flightless predators (known as phorusrhacoids) of now-extinct fauna. Origin Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Tupi siriema 'crested'.
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