(a) a person having a ‘whey beard’; (b) the whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia communis (whitethroat) (18) whey-beard1614 (a) a person having a ‘whey beard’; (b) the whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea. glut1661 A kind of bird; ? the muff or whitethroat. muff1661 The whitethroat, Sylvia communis. Cf. muffit, n., muffy, n., mufty, n. 2. whitethroat1673 Any of several Eurasian warblers of the genus Sylvia (family Sylviidae) which have a white throat (typically contrasting with a dark head); esp.… nettle-monger1712 †(a) the reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus (obsolete); (b) British regional = nettle creeper n. (b). whitethroat warbler1817 = sense A. 1. whey-bird1825 the woodlark, Alauda arborea; also = whey-beard n. (b). muggy1829 The whitethroat, Sylvia communis; (also) the lesser whitethroat, S. curruca. Also muggy-cut-throat. Cf. muffy, n. nettle-tom1830 the whitethroat, Sylvia communis. muffit1837 The whitethroat, Sylvia communis. Cf. muff, n.4, muffy, n., mufty, n. 2. mufty1837 The whitethroat, Sylvia communis. Cf. muff, n.4, muffit, n., muffy, n. nettle creeper1845 †(a) the goldcrest, Regulus regulus (obsolete); (b) British regional any of several warblers of the genus Sylvia which nest among nettles beneath… feather-bed1854 The Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus); also of the Whitethroat (Motacilla sylvia). jackstraw1879 English regional (now historical). The whitethroat, Sylvia communis, or (occasionally) the blackcap, S. atricapilla, which frequently use straw in… feather-bird1885 the Whitethroat (Sylvia cinerea). mealy-mouth1885 British regional. Any of several birds, as the willow warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus, or the whitethroat, Sylvia communis. miller1885 Chiefly English regional. Any of various birds with distinctive pale or whitish plumage or markings, as: (a) the male hen harrier; (b) the… muffya1886 The whitethroat, Sylvia communis. Cf. muff, n.4, muffit, n., mufty, n. 2, muggy, n. |
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