| 单词 | magnificent rifle bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmagnificent rifle bird magnificent rifle bird n. a rifle bird of New Guinea and northern Queensland, Ptiloris magnificus, the male of which is black with a brilliant bluish-green throat patch. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Paradisaeidae (bird of paradise) > genus Ptilorrhis (rifle-bird) > types of magnificent rifle bird1855 1855 A. White Pop. Hist. Birds 58 If gorgeous plumage confer kingship on birds, the truly ‘magnificent Rifle-bird’ (Ptiloris magnifica)..may be regarded as a king of its family. 1890 Ibis 2 151 We came across the magnificent Rifle-bird (Ptilorhis magnifica) on Mount Kowald, as also on Mount Belford, at an altitude of 3000 feet and over. 1969 E. T. Gilliard Birds of Paradise & Bower Birds ix. 118 The Magnificent Rifle Bird has the distinction of being one of the two species of birds of paradise which is shared by both New Guinea and Australia. < as lemmas |
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