English Explanatory Dictionary

goura

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several crested ground-dwelling pigeons, of the genus Goura, from New Guinea

Word forms

goura gouras

Etymology

From one or more of the languages of New Guinea. The oldest use in the scientific literature, as a French word, may be a plate caption "La Goura de la nouvelle Guinée" in Pierre Sonnerat's Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinée. The spelling Goüra also appears in the 19th century.

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