单词 | bird of Juno |
释义 | bird of Juno (once / 909178 pages) n WORD FAMILY bird of Juno: birds of Juno USAGE EXAMPLESThe peacock was chosen as the bird of Juno, because it was supposed by its cry to indicate a change of weather. White, Catherine Ann, The Student's Mythology—A Compendiu...(2011) Thus when Philomela drooping Softly seeks her silent mate, See the bird of Juno stooping; Melody resigns to fate. Browning, William Ernst, The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D.,...(2010) The favorite bird of Juno—she called the metallic spots on its tail the eyes of Argus—imported by Solomon to Palestine, essentially regal. Sanborn, Kate, Adopting an Abandoned Farm(2010) n very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird Syn|Hypo|Hyper peafowl pea-chick, peachick a young peafowl peacockmale peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots peahenfemale peafowl Pavo cristatus, blue peafowlpeafowl of India and Ceylon Pavo muticus, green peafowlpeafowl of southeast Asia pheasant large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere |
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