“cotinga”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

cotinga

释义

cotinga|kəʊˈtɪŋgə|
[F. cotinga; orginally native name in S. America.]
A South American bird, or family of passerine birds, of brilliant plumage.
Originally applied to the Sky-blue Chatterer (Ampelis cotinga of Linnæus); this (under the name Cotinga cærulea) was subsequently made the type of a genus, the cotingas, which has since been taken as the type of a family Cotingidæ, cognate to the Ampelidæ or Chatterers.
1783Latham Synopsis Birds II. i. 94. 1793 Smellie tr. Buffon's Nat. Hist. (1812) XV. 33 Few birds have such beautiful plumage as the Cotingas.1840Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 182 The Cotingas have the beak compressed, as in the generality of flycatchers.
Hence coˈtingine a., pertaining or related to the cotinga.

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

相关内容：

“cotinga”的英文意思

“氢溴酸吗啡”英文翻译

“氢化拉帕醇”英文翻译

“cosily”的英文意思

“氢溴酸奎尼丁”英文翻译

“cosignificative”的英文意思

相关推荐