dunbirdn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌnbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈdənˌbərd/

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

Etymology: < dun adj. + bird n.Earlier currency is perhaps implied by the surname Robertus Dunnebrid (1183); compare also Ranulph Dunfoul (1335), and the following isolated use of dun n.¹ denoting some kind of duck or waterfowl:?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 40 Dune [1483 BL Add. 89074 Dunne], vbi Duke.

English regional (chiefly Essex). Now historical.

Any of various dun-coloured ducks, esp. a (female) pochard, Aythya ferina.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya ferina (pochard)

pochard1552

dunbird1587

smeath1622

red-headed wigeon1668

smee1668

wigeon1668

gold head1704

dun cur1802

redhead1816

red-headed pochard1824

pochard duck1829

smee-duck1862

well plum1862

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. ii. 222/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Of such therefore as are bred in our land, we haue the crane, the bitter, the wild & tame swan.., the dunbird, woodcocke, partrich and feasant, besides diuerse other.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 470 These birds [sc. the pochard]..are much sought for in the London markets, where they are known by the name of Dun birds.

1788 R. Briggs Eng. Art Cookery vi. 168 Pintails and dun birds will take twenty minutes [to roast].

1831 T. Wright Hist. Essex I. 25 In a decoy at Goldhanger the fowls called dun birds are exceedingly numerous.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 159 Scaup (Fuligula marila)... The female [is called]..Dun bird (Essex). From the dusky brown of its head, neck, breast and rump.

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 734 Pochard, Pockard or Poker, names properly belonging to the male of a species of Duck (the female of which is known as the Dunbird).

1911 Encycl. Sport & Games (new ed.) III. 352/1 From five to six hundred ‘dun-birds’ at one pull of the net was formerly considered but a moderate capture.

1959 Country Life 2 Jan. 15/1 There set hunderds o' ducks, mallard,..dunbirds, bar-geese and a lot of foreigners, what they'd never see'd afore.

2009 S. Wood Birds Essex (new ed.) 120 Pochards, or Dunbirds as they were known locally, were caught in large numbers on the coast in some of the decoys, particularly on Mersea Island.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dunbird
释义	dunbirdn. Brit. /ˈdʌnbəːd/, U.S. /ˈdənˌbərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dun adj., bird n. Etymology: < dun adj. + bird n.Earlier currency is perhaps implied by the surname Robertus Dunnebrid (1183); compare also Ranulph Dunfoul (1335), and the following isolated use of dun n.¹ denoting some kind of duck or waterfowl:?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 40 Dune [1483 BL Add. 89074 Dunne], vbi Duke. English regional (chiefly Essex). Now historical. Any of various dun-coloured ducks, esp. a (female) pochard, Aythya ferina. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya ferina (pochard) pochard1552 dunbird1587 smeath1622 red-headed wigeon1668 smee1668 wigeon1668 gold head1704 dun cur1802 redhead1816 red-headed pochard1824 pochard duck1829 smee-duck1862 well plum1862 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. ii. 222/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Of such therefore as are bred in our land, we haue the crane, the bitter, the wild & tame swan.., the dunbird, woodcocke, partrich and feasant, besides diuerse other. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 470 These birds [sc. the pochard]..are much sought for in the London markets, where they are known by the name of Dun birds. 1788 R. Briggs Eng. Art Cookery vi. 168 Pintails and dun birds will take twenty minutes [to roast]. 1831 T. Wright Hist. Essex I. 25 In a decoy at Goldhanger the fowls called dun birds are exceedingly numerous. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 159 Scaup (Fuligula marila)... The female [is called]..Dun bird (Essex). From the dusky brown of its head, neck, breast and rump. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 734 Pochard, Pockard or Poker, names properly belonging to the male of a species of Duck (the female of which is known as the Dunbird). 1911 Encycl. Sport & Games (new ed.) III. 352/1 From five to six hundred ‘dun-birds’ at one pull of the net was formerly considered but a moderate capture. 1959 Country Life 2 Jan. 15/1 There set hunderds o' ducks, mallard,..dunbirds, bar-geese and a lot of foreigners, what they'd never see'd afore. 2009 S. Wood Birds Essex (new ed.) 120 Pochards, or Dunbirds as they were known locally, were caught in large numbers on the coast in some of the decoys, particularly on Mersea Island. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1587
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