单词 | wood-pheasant |
释义 | > as lemmaswood-pheasant wood-pheasant n. (a) = wood-grouse n. (a); (b) in Zanzibar (see quot. 1892). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > member of genus Tetrao (capercailye) capercailliec1540 cock of the wood or woods1610 mountain cock1659 wood-pheasant1705 wood-partridge1772 wood-grouse1776 caper1902 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > member of genus Eudynamis (koel) kokila1791 koel1826 wood-pheasant1892 1705 tr. J. Ware Inq. conc. Ireland in tr. J. Ware Antiq. & Hist. Irel. The Cock of the Wood, which Giraldus Cambrensis calls the Wood Pheasant. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Nov. 3/1 What is called the ‘wood~pheasant’ is a big long-tailed bush cuckoo. < as lemmas |
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