"He . . . bragged of how he had bested the super who tried to `wing him' in the scrub."
<hw>Superb-Dragon</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian marine fish, <i>Phyllopteryx foliatus</i>, Shaw. See <i>Sea-Dragon</i>.
1880. Mrs. Meredith, `Tasmanian Friends and Foes,' pl. 7:
"`Superb-Dragon—Phyllopteryx Foliatus.' This is one of the `Pipe fishes,' order <i>Lophobranchii</i>. It has been compared to the ghost of a seahorse (<i>Hippocampus</i>) with its winding sheet all in ribbons around it; and the tattered cerements are like in shape and colour to the seaweed it frequents, so that it hides and feeds in safety. The long ends of ribs which seem to poke through the skin to excite our compassion are really `protective resemblances,' and serve to allure the prey more effectually within reach of these awful ghouls. Just as the leaf-insect is imitative of a leaf, and the staff insect of a twig, so here is a fish like a bunch of seaweed. (Tenison-Woods.)" [Compare <i>Phasmid</i>.]
<hw>Superb-Warbler</hw>, <i>n</i>. any Australian bird of the genus <i>Malurus</i> (q.v.), especially <i>M. cyaneus</i>, the <i>Blue Wren</i>.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 80:
"We also observed the Superb Warbler, <i>Malurus cyaneus</i>, of Sydney."
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii. pl. 18:
"<i>Malurus Cyaneus</i>, Vieill., Blue Wren; Superb Warbler of the Colonists."
1896. F. G. Aflalo, `Natural History of Australia,' p. 136: