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单词 pyrrhocorax
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pyrrhocorax

/pɪˈrɒkəraks/
Ornithology
noun
Either of two choughs, the red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) and the alpine chough (P. graculus). Now only (in form Pyrrhocorax) as the genus name.
  • Valid publication of the genus name: M. Tunstall Ornithologia Brittanica (1771) 2..

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Philemon Holland (1552–1637), translator. From classical Latin pyrrhocorax a red-beaked crow, probably the alpine chough (Pliny) from ancient Greek πυρρο-, combining form (in e.g. πυρρόθριξ red-haired) of πυρρός reddish + κόραξ crow.

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