akalatn.

Brit.

/əˈkalət/, U.S.

/əˈkælət/, West African English /ˈakalat/

Forms: 1900s– akalat, 1900s– akelat.

Origin: A borrowing from Bulu. Etymon: Bulu àkálát.

Etymology: < Bulu àkálát kind of babbler.Bulu is a Bantu language of Cameroon.

Any of various African songbirds, including West African babblers now in the genus Illadopsis (family Timaliidae), and robin-like chats now in the genus Sheppardia (family Muscicapidae), chiefly of East Africa.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Timaliinae > genus Trichastoma

tit-babbler1893

akalat1902

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous

bough thrush1669

rock thrush1781

locust eater1790

kick-up1847

solitaire1847

mountain thrush1848

scrub-robin1848

thrush-tit1889

akalat1902

1902 Ibis 2 90 There are a number of birds which I take to be Thrushes. They include the ‘Etyityo’ [Turdus saturatus].., and ‘Akalat’ [Turdinus albipectus, Callene cyornithopsis], [etc.].

1930 G. L. Bates Handbk. Birds W. Afr. 379 Malacocincla fulvescens fulvescens. Brown Akálat Bulu Akalat.

1935 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 4 176 The stomach of a single Akalat or Nightjar contains representatives of half a dozen different orders of insects.

1977 W. Serle & G. J. Morel Field Guide Birds W. Afr. 201 The Rufous-winged Akalat (Malacocincla rufescens) and Puvel's Akalat (Malacocincla puveli) are so similar in size and colour..as to be virtually indistinguishable in the field.

2001 C. Stanford Significant Others xii. 180 I step over a bush and a tiny russet bird flies out—an equatorial akalat I think.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	akalat
释义	akalatn. Brit. /əˈkalət/, U.S. /əˈkælət/, West African English /ˈakalat/ Forms: 1900s– akalat, 1900s– akelat. Origin: A borrowing from Bulu. Etymon: Bulu àkálát. Etymology: < Bulu àkálát kind of babbler.Bulu is a Bantu language of Cameroon. Any of various African songbirds, including West African babblers now in the genus Illadopsis (family Timaliidae), and robin-like chats now in the genus Sheppardia (family Muscicapidae), chiefly of East Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Timaliinae > genus Trichastoma tit-babbler1893 akalat1902 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous bough thrush1669 rock thrush1781 locust eater1790 kick-up1847 solitaire1847 mountain thrush1848 scrub-robin1848 thrush-tit1889 akalat1902 1902 Ibis 2 90 There are a number of birds which I take to be Thrushes. They include the ‘Etyityo’ [Turdus saturatus].., and ‘Akalat’ [Turdinus albipectus, Callene cyornithopsis], [etc.]. 1930 G. L. Bates Handbk. Birds W. Afr. 379 Malacocincla fulvescens fulvescens. Brown Akálat Bulu Akalat. 1935 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 4 176 The stomach of a single Akalat or Nightjar contains representatives of half a dozen different orders of insects. 1977 W. Serle & G. J. Morel Field Guide Birds W. Afr. 201 The Rufous-winged Akalat (Malacocincla rufescens) and Puvel's Akalat (Malacocincla puveli) are so similar in size and colour..as to be virtually indistinguishable in the field. 2001 C. Stanford Significant Others xii. 180 I step over a bush and a tiny russet bird flies out—an equatorial akalat I think. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1902
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