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单词 porphyrio
释义

porphyrio

/pɔːˈfɪrɪəʊ/
noun
†An aquatic bird referred to by classical authors; the bird with which this is usually identified, the purple gallinule, Porphyrio porphyrio ( obsolete ). Now only (in form Porphyrio): the genus of the family Rallidae that includes this bird.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in The Wycliffite Bible (later version). From classical Latin porphyriōn-, porphyriō a kind of waterfowl, probably the purple gallinule (Pliny) from ancient Greek πορϕυρίων from πορϕύρα purple, so called on account of its red beak and feet.

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