| 单词 |
powese |
| 释义 |
‖ powese Guyana.|ˈpaʊiːs, -iːz| Also 9 powis(e, powee, powie, paui. [a. Du. (of Surinam) pouwies, corrupt. of Sp. pauxi or mod.L. pauxis: see pauxi. Mistaking of the final sibilant for a plural inflexion (as in pease) has brought a new sing. powee, powie into vulgar use.] = pauxi.
1769E. Bancroft Guiana 175 The Peacock Pheasant of Guiana..called Powese by the Natives, from their cry, which is similar to that name. 1825Waterton Wand. S. Amer. (1882) 27 Here are also two species of the Powise, or Hocco. 1880W. H. Brett Leg. & Myths Guiana 190 The Southern Cross is supposed by many clans to represent a Paui bird. 1898H. Kirk Brit. Guiana Gloss. 352 Powis, curassow. 1903Des Voeux Col. Service I. 73 Other birds such as powie (curassow). Ibid. 98. |

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