| 释义 |
spheniscan Ornith.|sfɪˈnɪskən|
[f. mod.L. Sphenisc-us (Brisson) + -an.]
A penguin of the genus Spheniscus; a jackass penguin.
1840Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 255 The Spheniscans..have a straight and compressed beak. Ibid., The Cape Spheniscan..chiefly inhabits the neighbourhood of the Cape, where it nestles among the rocks.
So spheˈnisque. rare.
1826Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. 64 Cape Sphenisque. Ibid. 65 Magellanic Sphenisque. |