| 单词 | king of the vultures |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking of the vultures b. king of the vultures, the king-vulture ( Sarcorhamphus papa). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Cathartidae (New World vultures) > [noun] > sarcorhamphus papa (king vulture) king of the vultures1743 king vulture1781 1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 2 The King of the Vultures. This Bird is about the Bigness of a Hen-Turkey. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 115 There is one of the kind, called the King of the Vultures, which, from its extraordinary figure, deserves a separate description. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxvii. 299 The bird called the king of the vultures is not very common in Surinam. 1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature III. 375 It is from this that he derives his title of the King of the Vultures. < as lemmas |
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