| 单词 | mountain partridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain partridge mountain partridge n. †(a) U.S. the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus (obsolete); †(b) Newfoundland the ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus (obsolete); (c) U.S. = mountain quail n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Coturnix (quail) eddish-henc825 arrish-henOE curlewa1340 quail1381 mountain partridge1728 mountain quail1846 stubble-quail1848 koreke1871 Mearns quail1903 1728 in Colonial Rec. N. Carolina (1888) II. 791 Our Indian shot a Mountain Partridge resembling the common Partridge in the plumage but as large as a hen. 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VIII. 52 Mountain Partridge. 1870 Canad. Naturalist 5 291 A truly alpine species in Newfoundland; rarely found below the line of stunted black spruce..called by the settlers the ‘mountain partridge’. 1887 R. Ridgway Man. N. Amer. Birds 191 Pacific coast district, from San Francisco north to Washington Territory... O. pictus. Mountain Partridge. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. II. 5 Mountain quail. Oreortyx picta picta... [Also called] Mountain Partridge. 1982 R. Elman Hunter's Field Guide 92 Common & regional names..for mountain quail..mountain partridge. < as lemmas |
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