dirt-birdn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dirt n., bird n.

Etymology: < dirt n. + bird n.The names of the two birds differ in semantic motivation. The arctic skua is so called on account of the belief that it forced other birds to void excrement, which it would then devour; compare earlier dirty allan n., scouty-aulin n., and see discussion at allan n. The green woodpecker is so called because it sings on the approach of rain; compare dirt n. 5a and quots. 1885¹, 1886.

A local name of the skua, Stercorarius crepidatus, called also Dirty Allan; also of the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis.

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1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Dirt-bird, the woodpecker. North.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 100 Green Woodpecker..The constant iteration of its cry before rain (which brings out the insects on which it feeds) gives it the names Rain bird..Dirt bird, Storm cock.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 210 Richardson's Skua (Stercorarius crepidatus)..from the vulgar opinion that the gulls are muting, when, in reality, they are only disgorging fish newly caught. Dirt bird (Dundrum Bay)..Dirty allan or aulin..Dung bird.

1886 W. Brockie Legends & Superstit. Durham 136 Several species of small birds are confounded under the..title of ‘dirt birds’, because they sing on the approach of rain.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	dirt-bird
释义	dirt-birdn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dirt n., bird n. Etymology: < dirt n. + bird n.The names of the two birds differ in semantic motivation. The arctic skua is so called on account of the belief that it forced other birds to void excrement, which it would then devour; compare earlier dirty allan n., scouty-aulin n., and see discussion at allan n. The green woodpecker is so called because it sings on the approach of rain; compare dirt n. 5a and quots. 1885¹, 1886. A local name of the skua, Stercorarius crepidatus, called also Dirty Allan; also of the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker) > picus viridis (green woodpecker) rain-fowl1440 woodwall1490 speight1513 hickwall?1533 rainbird1544 woodspite1555 green-peak1598 yaffingale1609 pick-a-tree1615 witwall1668 storm cock1769 nicker-pecker1787 yaffle1792 awl-bird1802 popinjay1802 yaffler1802 dirt-bird1847 yuckle1847 stock eagle1884 nicker1886 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > stercorarius skua (skua) plunger1655 dung bird1677 skua1678 dung hunter1694 skua-gull1768 dirty allan1771 bonxiea1777 dung teaser1841 weese allan1849 sea-hawk1852 turd-bird1864 shoemaker1867 dirt-bird1885 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Dirt-bird, the woodpecker. North. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 100 Green Woodpecker..The constant iteration of its cry before rain (which brings out the insects on which it feeds) gives it the names Rain bird..Dirt bird, Storm cock. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 210 Richardson's Skua (Stercorarius crepidatus)..from the vulgar opinion that the gulls are muting, when, in reality, they are only disgorging fish newly caught. Dirt bird (Dundrum Bay)..Dirty allan or aulin..Dung bird. 1886 W. Brockie Legends & Superstit. Durham 136 Several species of small birds are confounded under the..title of ‘dirt birds’, because they sing on the approach of rain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1847
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