单词 | klaas |
释义 | Klaasn. Klaas's cuckoo n. a bronze and green cuckoo, Chrysococcyx klaas, found in the southern part of Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > genus Chrysococcyx > chrysococcyx klaas (Klaas's cuckoo) michi1853 Klaas's cuckoo1867 1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 250 Klaas's cuckoo is not uncommon in most wooded parts of the colony. 1903 A. C. Stark Birds S. Afr. III. 188 This cuckoo was first obtained by Levaillant and named by him after his faithful Hottentot servant Klaas... Klaas' Cuckoo frequents both bush and thorn lands. 1936 E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 108 Among the birds parasitized by Klaas's Cuckoo are various sunbirds, warblers and kingfishers. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse x. 143 The bird known to this day as Klaas's Cuckoo..is the ruby cuckoo. 1964 P. A. Clancey Birds Natal & Zululand 222 The young Klaas' cuckoo ejects the nestlings of the foster parent a few days after hatching. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < |
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