单词 | razor-billed curassow |
释义 | > as lemmasrazor-billed curassow razor-billed curassow n. a curassow, Mitu tuberosa, having mostly blue-black plumage and a massive, deep bill of a reddish colour, occurring widely in southern Amazonia.Formerly considered to be conspecific with M. mitu, which is believed to be extinct in the wild. ΚΠ 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VIII. 6 Razor-billed Curassow. 1880 Amer. Naturalist 14 149 Recent arrivals at Zoölogical Garden, of Philadelphia:..4 razor-billed curassows (Mitua tuberosa). 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xx. 244 I secured a pair of razor-billed curassows from a native and turned them loose on the ship on the voyage home. 1994 J. del Hoyo et al. Handbk. Birds of World II. 341 (caption) The photograph clearly illustrates the main characteristics which distinguish this species from the Razor-billed Currasow (Mitu tuberosa). < as lemmas |
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