scientific name of a genus ofAustralian birds, called the Frogsmouth (q.v.) and Mopoke. From Grk. podargos, swift orwhite-footed. (Hector's horse in the `Iliad' was namedPodargus. – – `Il.' viii. 185.)
1890. `Victorian Statutes-Game Act' (Third Schedule):
[Close Season.] «Podargus or Mopokes, the whole year.»