单词 | guanay |
释义 | guanayn. The Peruvian cormorant, Phalacrocorax bougainvillei. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > family Phalacrocoracidae > miscellaneous types of scout1596 violet cormorant1785 guanay1860 nigger goose1909 1860 Times 17 Dec. 7 The guanaes or cormorants and other allied tribes of birds which deposit guano must have existed thousands of years before man. 1925 R. C. Murphy Bird Islands of Peru iv. 73 The range of the guanay is restricted to coastwise waters along the arid, western shores of South America. 1968 B. Nelson Galapagos xvi. 272 Guanays are heavy birds, none too well endowed for getting off the ground and landing again. 1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 25 July 3/1 The guanay cormorant of South America has poured millions into the Peruvian economy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1860 |
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