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单词 pheasant-tailed
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Definition of pheasant-tailed in English:

pheasant-tailed

adjective
  • 1Australian designating a long-tailed cuckoo-dove of the east coast of Australia, Macropygia amboinensis, which is brown with paler underparts.

  • 2Designating a long-tailed jacana of South-East Asia, Hydrophasianus chirurgus.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Gould (1804–1881), ornithologist and publisher.

Definition of pheasant-tailed in US English:

pheasant-tailed

adjective
  • 1Australian designating a long-tailed cuckoo-dove of the east coast of Australia, Macropygia amboinensis, which is brown with paler underparts.

  • 2Designating a long-tailed jacana of South-East Asia, Hydrophasianus chirurgus.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Gould (1804–1881), ornithologist and publisher.

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