单词 | uploper |
释义 | † uplopern. Obsolete. A variety of pigeon resembling a pouter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > pouter cropper1655 pouter1725 uploper1735 pouter pigeon1793 Isabel1867 1735 J. Moore Columbarium 36 To trip beautifully with his Feet..without Jumping, which is the Quality of an Uploper. 1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 104 When it approacheth the hen, [it] generally leaps to her with its tail spread, which is the reason of its being called Uploper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1735 |
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