| 单词 | tawny-shouldered podargus |
| 释义 | > as lemmastawny-shouldered podargus A bird of the genus Podargus (family Podargidae), resembling a large nightjar and found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands; a frogmouth; esp. (more fully tawny-shouldered podargus) the tawny frogmouth, P. strigoides. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Podargidae (frogmouth) > podargus strigoides (tawny frogmouth) podargus1829 tawny frogmouth1901 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VII. 81 Great-headed Podargus. Caprimulgus Megacephalus. 1837 Proc. Zool. Soc. 5 67 The sclerotic ring of the great Podargus does not present the slightest appearance of distinct plates. 1865 G. F. Angas Austral. 88 The podargus, or goatsucker, is a stupid-looking creature, with very large eyes, and an enormous mouth. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Apr. 21/4 My choice for the quietest bush bird is the tawny frogmouth, or podargus. 1961 Coast to Coast 1959–60 66 ‘You know the Podargus.’ ‘It's a bird. The tawny-shouldered frogmouth.’ 1991 I. Tree Ruling Passion J. Gould (BNC) 97 Gould was sitting up at night on the Appletree Flats waiting to ambush a tawny-shouldered podargus. < as lemmas |
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