单词 | criniger |
释义 | Crinigern. Ornithology. A genus of African and Asian bulbuls (family Pycnonotidae), which have bristly hairlike feathers around the bill. Also: a bird of this genus (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Pycnonotidae (bulbul) bulbul1784 leaf-love1837 Criniger1856 toppie1899 1856 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1854–5 7 328 Apparently a Criniger, Temminck, and almost exactly resembles in color Criniger icterus.., of India, but is smaller. 1878 Stray Feathers 6 309 Its note is not that of the Otocompsas, but a sort of soft chirping chattering more like that of the Crinigers. 1910 W. P. Pycraft Hist. Birds i. 10 In some other birds the filo-plumes are distributed as conspicuous hair-like threads all over the neck and back, e.g., the genus Criniger. 1999 Jrnl. Avian Biol. 30 293/2 Searchers:..Hypsipetes, Criniger, Oriolus, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856 |
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