单词 | gambo-goose |
释义 | gambo-goosen. Now historical and rare. The spur-winged goose, Plectropterus gambensis, a large goose-like waterfowl common throughout sub-Saharan Africa.Sometimes confused in the literature with the very different Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > plectropterus or spur-winged goose gambo-goose1676 spurwing1842 spur-winged goose1843 1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ iii. 275 Anser Gambensis. The Gambo Goose. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 361 The Gambo-Goose, or Spur-wing'd Goose. 1799 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Birds IV. Pl. xciii Egyptian Goose..Gambo Goose. 1856 R. Tyas Cotton’s Beautiful Birds III. 137 Another species of the same group of long-legged Geese is the Spur-winged, or Gambo Goose.., a native of northern and more particularly of western Africa. 1861 J. C. Atkinson Brit. Birds' Eggs & Nests 96 Gambo-goose.—An accidental visitor indeed. 1994 C. E. Jackson Great Bird Paintings of World II. 72 The Egyptian goose..was recorded in England in St James's park in the mid-seventeenth century when it was called ‘gambo-goose’ or ‘spur winged goose’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676 |
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