单词 | golden cuckoo |
释义 | > as lemmasgolden cuckoo golden cuckoo n. [after French coucou doré (1790 in the passage translated in quot. 1790)] the African emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx cupreus, the male of which has a yellow breast.Varieties of this have sometimes been regarded as separate subspecies or even species. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > genus Chrysococcyx > chrysococcyx cupreus (emerald cuckoo) golden cuckoo1790 emerald cuckoo1876 1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. I. xxi. 388 I also found in this canton, several of the golden cuckoos, described by Buffon, by the name of Coucou Vert Doré, of the Cape. 1876 H. Brooks Natal iv. 136 It [sc. the emerald cuckoo] is in all probability nearly allied, if not identical, with the golden cuckoo..of the Cape. 1997 P. A. Johnsgard Avian Brood Parasites viii. 248/2 African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) Other Vernacular Names: Emerald cuckoo, golden cuckoo, green cuckoo. < as lemmas |
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