dunlinn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌnlɪn/, U.S.

/ˈdənlən/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, dunlins.

Forms: 1500s dunlyng, 1500s dunlyngg, 1600s 1800s– dunling, 1600s– dunlin.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dun adj., -ling suffix¹.

Etymology: < dun adj. + -ling suffix¹, so called on account of the dusky brown colour of its plumage.

A common small migratory sandpiper found throughout the Holarctic region, Calidris alpina, which has a downcurved black bill and black legs, and (in the breeding season) reddish-brown upperparts and a black belly. Also called red-backed sandpiper.

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stint1519

dunlin1531

oxbirda1547

sea-lark1602

purre1611

ox-eye1612

jack snipe1664

spar1668

pickerel1684

sand laverock1694

sandy laverock1710

sea-snipe1767

plover's page1771

sand lark1771

red-back1813

red-backed sandpiper1813

ebb-sleeper1837

oxybird1887

simpleton1890

plover's provider1892

sand-runner1894

1531–2 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 129 1½ dd. dunlyngs 6d.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. xii. 305 The North-Country Dunlin..is about the bigness of the Jack-Snipe.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 126 Dunlin. This species is at once distinguished from the others by the singularity of its colors.

1771 J. Robertson Jrnl. 3 June in D. M. Henderson & J. H. Dickson Naturalist in Highlands (1994) vi. 152 In the moors I saw the Lapwing and several of the Dunlin, which as they often follow the gray Plover are called in the Northern islands Plover-page.

1858 J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths IV. Notes 920 Purre (Tringa Variabilis), one of the sandpipers, called also the dunling and sea-lark.

1893 Manch. Weekly Times 10 Nov. 6/1 The Dunlins also frequent sandy flats and bars that project into the sea.

1920 H. B. Money-Coutts Broads 1919 20 The dunling whirled and played About their heads.

1956 R. Sutcliff Shield Ring xiii. 153 The silvery sand-banks were alive with curlew and dunlin feeding on the ebb.

2011 Jrnl. Field Ornithol. 82 202 Dunlins (Calidris alpina) migrate to breeding areas and breed during their first summer.

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

单词	dunlin
释义	dunlinn. Brit. /ˈdʌnlɪn/, U.S. /ˈdənlən/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, dunlins. Forms: 1500s dunlyng, 1500s dunlyngg, 1600s 1800s– dunling, 1600s– dunlin. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dun adj., -ling suffix¹. Etymology: < dun adj. + -ling suffix¹, so called on account of the dusky brown colour of its plumage. A common small migratory sandpiper found throughout the Holarctic region, Calidris alpina, which has a downcurved black bill and black legs, and (in the breeding season) reddish-brown upperparts and a black belly. Also called red-backed sandpiper. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Calidris > calidris alpinus (dunlin) stint1519 dunlin1531 oxbirda1547 sea-lark1602 purre1611 ox-eye1612 jack snipe1664 spar1668 pickerel1684 sand laverock1694 sandy laverock1710 sea-snipe1767 plover's page1771 sand lark1771 red-back1813 red-backed sandpiper1813 ebb-sleeper1837 oxybird1887 simpleton1890 plover's provider1892 sand-runner1894 1531–2 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 129 1½ dd. dunlyngs 6d. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. xii. 305 The North-Country Dunlin..is about the bigness of the Jack-Snipe. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 126 Dunlin. This species is at once distinguished from the others by the singularity of its colors. 1771 J. Robertson Jrnl. 3 June in D. M. Henderson & J. H. Dickson Naturalist in Highlands (1994) vi. 152 In the moors I saw the Lapwing and several of the Dunlin, which as they often follow the gray Plover are called in the Northern islands Plover-page. 1858 J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths IV. Notes 920 Purre (Tringa Variabilis), one of the sandpipers, called also the dunling and sea-lark. 1893 Manch. Weekly Times 10 Nov. 6/1 The Dunlins also frequent sandy flats and bars that project into the sea. 1920 H. B. Money-Coutts Broads 1919 20 The dunling whirled and played About their heads. 1956 R. Sutcliff Shield Ring xiii. 153 The silvery sand-banks were alive with curlew and dunlin feeding on the ebb. 2011 Jrnl. Field Ornithol. 82 202 Dunlins (Calidris alpina) migrate to breeding areas and breed during their first summer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1531
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