| 单词 | game bantam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgame bantam game bantam n. a bantam of a breed (originally) intended for fighting (cf. game fowl n.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > fighting cock > kinds of turn-poke1615 shake-bag1663 heeler1688 game bantam1831 tassel-cock1898 1831 C. G. F. Gore Tuileries I. xi. 164 Madame la Marquise must needs visit the barn-yard, to see the game-bantams. 1867 W. B. Tegetmeier Poultry Bk. xxiii. 248 Game Bantams, both cocks and hens, should be exact and perfect diminutives of the ordinary Game fowl. 1979 Texas Monthly Feb. 129/2 Our one close tornado..defeathered and destroyed some game bantams, made a great deal of noise, but somehow missed the house. 2003 P. Elie Life you save may be your Own (2004) v. 146 She..paid regular visits to the zoo, which had a collection of game bantams. < as lemmas |
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