单词 | gallinule |
释义 | gallinulen. Book-name for a genus of birds, typified by the moor-hen ( Gallinula chloropus). Also extended to other birds of allied genera. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Gallinula gallinule1776 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 486 Gallinule..215. Spotted..217. Common. 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 258 Common Gallinule..Common Water-Hen or More-Hen. 1833 C. Sturt Two Exped. Southern Austral. I. i. 39 Various tribes of the galinule [sic]..made incessant noises around us. 1872 A. Domett Ranolf & Amohia xvii. §3. 274 That rich gallinule of velvet violet plumage proud. 1888 Riverside Nat. Hist. IV. 131 The purple-gallinules..typified by the European species (Porphyrio porphyrio) and the American Ionornis martinica. Derivatives gallinuline adj. pertaining to the gallinule. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [adjective] > relating to family Rallidae > relating to genus Gallinule gallinuline1895 1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 764 It falls into line with another gallinuline character. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1776 |
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