† eat-been.

Forms: see eat v. and bee n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eat v., bee n.¹

Etymology: < eat v. + bee n.¹ Compare bee-eater n.Compare:1573 T. Cooper Thesaurus (new ed.) Apiastra Auicula est, Seruius, Eadem quæ merops, auis Germaniæ ignota. Longe enim errant, quæ picum viridem interpretantur. [The Apiastra is a small bird, according to Servius, identical with the Merops, a bird unknown in Germany. For those people who identify it with the green woodpecker are wide of the mark.]

Obsolete.

An English name for the Merops apiaster, (sometimes wrongly identified with the Wood-pecker.) Cf. bee-eater n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Meropidae > genus Merops (bee-eater)

meropie1572

eat-bee1608

bee-eater1668

merops1678

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker)

woodhackc1440

woodwall1490

woodpecker1530

woodhacker1548

woodpeck1552

woodspite1555

woodspeckc1560

modwall1572

eat-bill1598

speck1601

tree-jobber1601

hecco1604

eat-bee1608

knag1639

French pie1783

pie1783

nicker-pecker1787

rind-tabberer1848

peckerwood1859

nickle1885

nicker1886

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 75 Diuers liuing creatures are nourished by..hony, as the Beare,..the Woodpecker or Eate-bee.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Guespier, a Woodwall, Wood-pecker, Eat-bee (a little bird).

1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 520 An eat-bee, a bird; apiaster, merops.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	eat-bee
释义	† eat-been. Forms: see eat v. and bee n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eat v., bee n.¹ Etymology: < eat v. + bee n.¹ Compare bee-eater n.Compare:1573 T. Cooper Thesaurus (new ed.) Apiastra Auicula est, Seruius, Eadem quæ merops, auis Germaniæ ignota. Longe enim errant, quæ picum viridem interpretantur. [The Apiastra is a small bird, according to Servius, identical with the Merops, a bird unknown in Germany. For those people who identify it with the green woodpecker are wide of the mark.] Obsolete. An English name for the Merops apiaster, (sometimes wrongly identified with the Wood-pecker.) Cf. bee-eater n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Meropidae > genus Merops (bee-eater) meropie1572 eat-bee1608 bee-eater1668 merops1678 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker) woodhackc1440 woodwall1490 woodpecker1530 woodhacker1548 woodpeck1552 woodspite1555 woodspeckc1560 modwall1572 eat-bill1598 speck1601 tree-jobber1601 hecco1604 eat-bee1608 knag1639 French pie1783 pie1783 nicker-pecker1787 rind-tabberer1848 peckerwood1859 nickle1885 nicker1886 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 75 Diuers liuing creatures are nourished by..hony, as the Beare,..the Woodpecker or Eate-bee. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Guespier, a Woodwall, Wood-pecker, Eat-bee (a little bird). 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 520 An eat-bee, a bird; apiaster, merops. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1608
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