| 单词 | monal pheasant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmonal pheasant Also monal pheasant. Any of several heavily-built, typically crested Asian pheasants of the genus Lophophorus; esp. (more fully Himalayan monal) L. impejanus of the Himalayas (also called Impeyan pheasant). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Lophophorus (monaul) monal pheasant1787 Impeyan pheasant1870 lophophore1883 1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. I. 209 Impeyan Pheasant... Sir Elijah [Impey] informs me, that these birds are known in India by the name of Monaul. 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. 164 They had only killed a few splendid minaul (monal, menall—les trois se disent), and another kind of pheasant called coqplass. 1864 T. C. Jerdon Birds India III. 510 Lophophorus Impeyanus Latham... The Monaul Pheasant. 1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 39 The villagers..saw the minaul, the Himalayan pheasant, blazing in her best colours. 1964 E. P. Gee Wild Life India xiv. 117 All along that magnificent country in Sikkim, Bhutan and N.E.F.A... Marvellous birds, including horned, monal and blood pheasants, live up there. 1978 P. Matthiessen Snow Leopard ii. 73 A crimson-horned pheasant, or monal, bursts into the air over the valley. 2000 K. Kazmierczak Field Guide Birds Indian Subcontinent 98 Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus... Similar to 11 [sc. Sclater's Monal] but ♂ has long distinctive crest. < as lemmas |
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