单词 | marabou stork |
释义 | > as lemmasmarabou stork 2. More fully marabou stork. A large African stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus, which has a massive bill and an inflatable pendent pouch on the neck, feeding chiefly on carrion.The terms marabou and argala were first given an application by C. J. Temminck which was the reverse of that subsequently adopted (1824, in Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux (1820–39) V. Pl. 300 (see quot. 1826)). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ciconiidae (stork) > miscellaneous types of maguari1678 argalac1754 marabou1826 Abdim's storka1867 jabiru1911 1826 D. Denham & H. Clapperton Narr. Trav. N. & Central Afr. App. 203 M. Temminck..has given it [sc. this African species] the name of Argala, while for the Indian bird,..he proposes the name of Marabou. We have ventured to reverse the order of these names;..we have assigned the African species the title of Marabou, which..is a word peculiar to Africa. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 169 M. Temminck..has shown that the African species differs in several essential particulars from that of the continent of India... They all furnish..the beautiful plumes..known by the name of Marabous, from their appellation in Senegal. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 170 The African Marabou is less in size than the Indian Argala. 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. xiv. 223 The ugly marabouts, from whose tails our ladies get the..feathers for their bonnets. 1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xi. 175 I shot a crocodile, and a marabou stork. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 i. 2 A third [species of adjutant], L. crumenifer, of African origin, and often known as the Marabou-Stork, gives its name to the beautifully soft feathers so called. 1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo vii. 125 The pendulous red pouch of the marabou's throat sac. 1992 Times 17 Oct. (Weekend section) 3/3 The marabou stork is—to be utterly anthropomorphic—the ugliest bird I have ever seen. < as lemmas |
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