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scolopaceous, a. Ornith.|skɒləʊˈpeɪʃəs|
[f. mod.L. scolopāceus, f. L. scolopax snipe, woodcock, a. Gr. σκολόπαξ: see -aceous.]
Resembling a snipe; spec. used as epithet of a species of courlan, Aramus scolopaceus. Also = next.
1785Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds V. 102 Scolopaceous Heron..inhabits Cayenne. 1819J. F. Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 540 Scolopaceous courlan (Aramus Scolopacea). 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xxiii. 454 The plumage of others, especially of some of the scolopaceous tribe, is beautifully mottled. 1841Selby in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. No. 9. 254 Of the Scolopaceous family, there are two..residents. |