单词 | chickell |
释义 | † chickelln. English regional (south-western). Obsolete. The (northern) wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe.Cf. chack n. 3, chuck n.1 2. ΚΠ 1809 Monthly Mag. Jan. 545/2 Chickell, the wheatear. C[ornwall]. 1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals 67 S[axicola] Oenanthe. Fallow-chat... E[nglish names], Wheat-ear, Fallow-smich, White-tail, Chickell. 1908 Spectator 29 Aug. 290/1 In various parts of the country the wheatear is known by such peculiar names as ‘chickell’, ‘chuckbird’, and ‘stone-chucker’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019). < n.1809 |
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