| 单词 | swamp hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswamp hen swamp hen n. a name for various rails, esp. of the genus Porphyrio (cf. marsh hen n. at marsh n.1 Compounds 3b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > porphyrio porphyrio (swamp hen) porphyrioa1425 purple gallinule1782 purple water-hen1790 pukeko1835 sultana1837 swamp hen1848 1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. VI. pl. 70 Porphyrio Bellus,..Swamp-Hen, Colonists of Western Australia. 1888 W. L. Buller Birds N. Zealand II. 81 The Swamp-hen is widely distributed over Tasmania, the greater part of the continent of Australia [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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