单词 | turnix |
释义 | Turnixn. Ornithology. A genus of quail-like birds (also called Hemipodius: see hemipod n.); the bush-quails. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > member of family Turnicidae > genus Turnix (button-quail) Turnix1819 quail1848 buttonquail1854 hemipod1862 bush-quail1893 1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. 388 Black-fronted Turnix... Turnix with the forehead with three fasciæ. 1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. 389 Black-necked Turnix. 1869 P. Gillmore tr. G. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds (1870) 392 The Turnix are [sic] closely allied to the Quails. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1819 |
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