Citations:jungftak

English citations of jungftak

• [1937, “jungftak”, in Joseph Devlin, editor, Webster's Universal Dictionary of the English Language, volume I, Cleveland, O.: The World Syndicate Publishing Company, page xli:

  jungftak (jŭngf′ täk), n. a fabled Persian bird, the male of which had only one wing, on the left side; instead of the missing wings, the male had a hook of bone, and the female an eyelet of bone, and it was by uniting hook and eye that they were enabled to fly,—each, when alone, had to remain on the ground.]

• [1951, Samuel Roth, editor, American Aphrodite, page 142:

  jungftak. Fabled Persian bird the male of which had only one wing on the right side.]