peryton

佩里顿

词形变化

perytons 复数 perytons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fictional creature having the head and forelegs of a stag and the wings and hindquarters of a bird.

  2. 2.

    A radio signal which appears to come from outside the galaxy but is actually produced by terrestrial sources.

    佩里顿

    天文

词源

Coined by the translator Norman Thomas di Giovanni translating Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings, from Borges' invented Spanish peritio. Astrophysical use began with a paper by S. Burke-Spolaor et al. (see quotations).

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