单词 | nycticorax |
释义 | ‖ nycticorax Ornith.|nɪkˈtɪkəræks| [L. nycticorax, a. Gr. νυκτικόραξ, f. νύξ, νυκτι- night + κόραξ raven.] The night-heron (formerly also called the night-raven).
1688Holme Armoury ii. 255/1 He beareth Argent, a Nycticorax his Head couped Sable. 1753Chambers Cycl. Suppl., Nycticorax, in zoology, the name of a bird called in English the night raven. It is of the heron kind. 1838Bp. M. Russell Hist. Anc. & Mod. Egypt (1853) V. 148 The image..of a nycticorax..[became] the sign of M. |

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