单词 | plume bird |
释义 | > as lemmasplume bird plume bird n. (a) a large bird of paradise of Epimachus or a related genus, having a long, curved tail; a sicklebill (now rare); (b) any bird hunted for its plumes. ΚΠ 1873 Chambers's Encycl. X. 687/1 The plume-birds are natives of New Guinea and New Holland. 1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 392 Epimachi (Plume-birds), species that vie in its plumage with the Birds of Paradise, are found only in New Guinea and Salawatti. 1906 Elem. School Teacher 6 428 The extermination, throughout this country, of the so-called ‘plume birds’ is now practically complete. 2003 Orlando (Florida) Sentinel (Nexis) 16 Mar. k1 He was one of four men hired by the Audubon Society to protect plume birds from hunters. < as lemmas |
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