单词 | pheasant grouse |
释义 | > as lemmaspheasant grouse pheasant grouse n. now rare any of certain long-tailed game birds, esp. the North American sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Tympanuchus > tympanuchus phasianellus (pintail) pheasant grouse1772 chicken1812 pintail1879 1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 396 The native Indians call these pheasant grouses. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man ii. xiv. 101 The black-cock, capercailzie, pheasant-grouse..are, as is believed, polygamists. 1912 Geogr. Jrnl. 39 346 (note) Other rare species are Lord Derby's parroquet..and Széchenyi's pheasant grouse (Petroophasis szechenyii). < as lemmas |
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