| 单词 | african white-backed vulture |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAfrican white-backed vulture white-backed vulture n. either of two vultures with white backs, Gyps africanus of the African savannah (more fully African white-backed vulture), and G. bengalensis of South and South-East Asia (more fully Indian white-backed vulture, Oriental white-backed vulture; also called white-rumped vulture). ΚΠ 1832 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 27) 88 The Pondicherry Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Fulvous Vulture, White backed Vulture, and the Angola Vulture; these are all from the warm parts of the Old World. 1884 R. B. Sharpe Layard's Birds S. Afr. (ed. 2) 794 African White-backed Vulture... General colour deep brown. 1904 D. D. Cunningham Some Indian Friends & Acquaintances xx. 238 Almost every day, especially during the winter, numbers of the white-backed vulture, Pseudogyps bengalensis, are to be seen hanging aloft against the pale blue of the sky. 2004 Nature 12 Feb. p. ix It seems that Oriental white-backed vultures (Gyps bengalensis ) have fallen victim to diclofenac, a veterinary anti-inflammatory drug present in the livestock carcasses that they scavenge upon. < as lemmas |
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