nd-Plover</i>
and <i>Wry-billed-Plover</i>.

<hw>Plum</hw>, <i>n</i>. sometimes called <i>Acacia Plum</i>,
a timber tree, <i>Eucryphia moorei</i>, F. v. M.,
<i>N.O. Saxifrageae</i>; called also <i>Acacia</i>
and "<i>White Sally</i>."

<hw>Plum, Black</hw>, <i>n</i>. the fruit of the tree
<i>Cargillia australis</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Ebenaceae</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 14:

"The fruits are of the size of a large plum and of a dark
purple colour. They are eaten by the aboriginals."

<hw>Plum, Burdekin</hw>, or <hw>Sweet Plum</hw>, <i>n</i>.
a timber tree, <i>Spondias pleiogyna</i>, F. v. M.,
<i>N.O. Anacardiaceae</i>. Wood like American walnut.

<hw>Plum, Grey</hw>, <i>n</i>. (1) A timber-tree.
One of the names for <i>Cargillia pentamera</i>, F. v. M.,
<i>N.O. Ebenaceae</i>. Wood used for tool-handles.
(2) Provincial name for the <i>Caper-Tree</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Plum, Native</hw>, or <hw>Wild Plum</hw>, <i>n</i>.
another name for the <i>Brush-Apple</i>. See <i>Apple</i>.
The <i>Native Plum</i>, peculiar to Tasmania, and called also
<i>Port-Arthur Plum</i>, is <i>Cenarrhenes nitida</i>, Lab.,
<i>N.O. Proteaceae</i>.

<hw>Plum, Queensland</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Sweet Plum</i>
(q.v. infra).

<hw>Plum, Sour</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for
<i>Emu-Apple</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Plum, Sweet</hw>, <i>n</i>. a wild fruit, <i>Owenia
venosa</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Meliaceae</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 49:

"Queensland Plum, Sweet Plum. This plant bears a fine juicy
red fruit with a large stone. . . . It is both palatable and
refreshing."

<hw>Plum, White</hw>, <i>n</i>. local name for <i>Acacia</i>
(q.v.).

<hw>Plum, Wild</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Native Plum</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Plum-tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. the tree, <i>Buchanania
mangoides</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Anacardiaceae</i>.

<hw>Podargus</hw>, <i>n</i>. scientific name of a genus of
Australian birds, called the <i>Frogsmouth</i> (q.v.) and
<i>Mopoke</i>. From Grk. <i>podargos</i>, swift or
white-footed. (Hector's horse in the `Iliad' was named
Podargus.--`Il.' viii. 185.)

1890. `Victorian Statutes-Game Act' (Third Schedule):

[Close Season.] "Podargus or Mopokes, the whole year."

<hw>Poddly</hw>, <i>n</i>. a New Zealand and Australian fish,
<i>Sebastes percoides</i>, Richards.; called in Victoria
<i>Red-Gurnet Perch</i>. The name is applied in England
to a different fish.

1872. Hutton and Hecto