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词汇 Pel's fishing owl
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Definition of Pel's fishing owl in English:

Pel's fishing owl

(also Pell's fishing owl)
noun ˌpɛlz ˈfɪʃɪŋ aʊl
  • A large fishing owl, Scotopelia peli, with rufous plumage, darker in the upperparts and paler, with slight streaks, in the underparts, found in parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in David Bannerman (b. 1886). From the genitive of the name of Hendrik Severinus Pel, Dutch colonial official on the Gold Coast (now Ghana), 1840–50, and zoological collector) + fishing owl.

Definition of Pel's fishing owl in US English:

Pel's fishing owl

(also Pell's fishing owl)
nounˌpɛlz ˈfɪʃɪŋ aʊl
  • A large fishing owl, Scotopelia peli, with rufous plumage, darker in the upperparts and paler, with slight streaks, in the underparts, found in parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in David Bannerman (b. 1886). From the genitive of the name of Hendrik Severinus Pel, Dutch colonial official on the Gold Coast (now Ghana), 1840–50, and zoological collector) + fishing owl.

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