单词 | mituporanga |
释义 | † mituporangan. Ornithology. Obsolete. A curassow, perhaps the black curassow, Crax alector. Cf. mitu n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > family Cracidae > member of genus Crax (curassow) mitu1625 mituporanga1678 curassow1699 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. 161 The other Indian Cock of Aldrovandus, Mituporanga of Marggravius, Tepetototl of Nierembergius. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Mitu, or Mitu-Porangu;..a Brasilian bird of the pheasant-kind, according to Marggrave,..but supposed by Mr. Ray, rather to approach to the nature of the peacock, or turkey-cock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1678 |
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