单词 | silver pheasant |
释义 | > as lemmassilver pheasant silver pheasant n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Lophura silver pheasant1829 Swinhoe's1863 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VIII. 23 The Silver Pheasants (Phasianus Nycthemerus). 1838 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 610/1 The gold and silver pheasants [of China, Lophura nycthemera] of our aviaries. 1861 C. P. Hodgson Resid. Japan 324 Silver pheasants come from Nambu, partridges from Sataki. 1876 Nature 1 June 121/2 The additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens..include a Silver Pheasant (Euplocamus nychthemerus). 1887 Beldon in Wright Illustr. Bk. of Poultry 366 The Silver-spangled Hamburgh, or Silver Pheasant as it is commonly called in Yorkshire. < as lemmas |
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