单词 | maleo |
例句 | We had a full-grown stuffed maleo on board. In the Eastern Seas “And the maleo birds are regular lumps, if we shoot any.” Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle While they were engaged in discussing this subject on the day they had made discovery of the maleos’ eggs, Saloo’s sharp eye, wandering about, caught sight of something that promised a solution of the difficulty. The Castaways By the way, Mark, show them how to shoot these maleo birds. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle The birds that had now displayed themselves to the eyes of our party of castaways were of the species known as “maleos,” by Saloo called malee. The Castaways Thus cautioned, the captain laid aside the gun, while they all remained silently watching the maleos, which continued their course, with its various divergences, still unconscious of being observed. The Castaways Jack was on his right munching fruit, and Bruff on his left, sitting up, patiently attentive, waiting for bones from the hissing, hot maleo bird that had been kept for the sailors’ dinner. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle Excepting some stray roots and berries of an esculent nature, they had nothing to eat after the maleos’ eggs were consumed; and these had lasted them only into the second day. The Castaways |
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