anolen.

Brit.

/əˈnəʊli/, U.S.

/əˈnoʊli/

Forms: 1600s– anoli, 1700s– anole, 1800s anoalli.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Island Carib. Etymons: French anoli; Island Carib anáoli.

Etymology: < (i) French anoli (implied in the plural anolis ( C. de Rochefort Hist. nat. des Iles Antilles (1658) i. xiii. 131, translated in quot. 1666); 1750 or earlier in singular form anoli ), and its etymon (ii) Island Carib anáoli (see anolis n.). Compare later anolis n.With the form anole compare French †Les Anoles (1693 in Ray in a Latin context), apparently a French plural form with definite article, but misunderstood in the following:1742 C. Owen Ess. Nat. Hist. Serpents 123 The Les Anoles, a Serpent in bigness like the Gallick Lizards. Compare also Antilles Creole zandoli ( < French les anolis, with misinterpretation of the -s of the article).

Any of numerous small, chiefly arboreal lizards of the New World family Polychrotidae (or Iguanidae), mostly of the genus Anolis, many of which have an extensible dewlap which in the male is typically brightly coloured. Cf. anolis n.Also called chameleon and gecko, owing to their sharing characteristics with the lizards properly called by these names.green anole: see the first element.

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1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands i. xii. 75 Besides these greater sorts of lizzards, there are in these island four others which are much less; and these are called Anolis, Roquets [etc.].

1745 W. Smith Nat. Hist. Nevis iv. 87 These [Lizards] I believe are what the first Voyagers called Anolis.

1807 New Encycl. II. 198/1 Anole, in zoology, a species of lizard common in the West Indies.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxii. 430 They [sc. the Guanas] are remarkable—as well as the Anolis, for the kind of goitre in their throat, which..they can inflate to a large size.

1865 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 135 The superior palpebræ were covered by small separated scales, as are seen among Geckos and Anoles.

1922 C. L. Bull Under Roof of Jungle (new ed.) 181 There were numbers of anolis and other lizards peering here and there snapping them [sc. butterfly larvae] up.

1953 H. S. Zim & H. M. Smith Reptiles & Amphibians ii. 45 Anoles and Horned Lizards are common pets.

2006 S. Van Atten Moon Puerto Rico 76/2 The large, Puerto Rican giant green lizard.., and the smaller anoli, of which there are eight species, are ubiquitous.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anole
释义	anolen. Brit. /əˈnəʊli/, U.S. /əˈnoʊli/ Forms: 1600s– anoli, 1700s– anole, 1800s anoalli. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Island Carib. Etymons: French anoli; Island Carib anáoli. Etymology: < (i) French anoli (implied in the plural anolis ( C. de Rochefort Hist. nat. des Iles Antilles (1658) i. xiii. 131, translated in quot. 1666); 1750 or earlier in singular form anoli ), and its etymon (ii) Island Carib anáoli (see anolis n.). Compare later anolis n.With the form anole compare French †Les Anoles (1693 in Ray in a Latin context), apparently a French plural form with definite article, but misunderstood in the following:1742 C. Owen Ess. Nat. Hist. Serpents 123 The Les Anoles, a Serpent in bigness like the Gallick Lizards. Compare also Antilles Creole zandoli ( < French les anolis, with misinterpretation of the -s of the article). Any of numerous small, chiefly arboreal lizards of the New World family Polychrotidae (or Iguanidae), mostly of the genus Anolis, many of which have an extensible dewlap which in the male is typically brightly coloured. Cf. anolis n.Also called chameleon and gecko, owing to their sharing characteristics with the lizards properly called by these names.green anole: see the first element. ΚΠ 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands i. xii. 75 Besides these greater sorts of lizzards, there are in these island four others which are much less; and these are called Anolis, Roquets [etc.]. 1745 W. Smith Nat. Hist. Nevis iv. 87 These [Lizards] I believe are what the first Voyagers called Anolis. 1807 New Encycl. II. 198/1 Anole, in zoology, a species of lizard common in the West Indies. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxii. 430 They [sc. the Guanas] are remarkable—as well as the Anolis, for the kind of goitre in their throat, which..they can inflate to a large size. 1865 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 135 The superior palpebræ were covered by small separated scales, as are seen among Geckos and Anoles. 1922 C. L. Bull Under Roof of Jungle (new ed.) 181 There were numbers of anolis and other lizards peering here and there snapping them [sc. butterfly larvae] up. 1953 H. S. Zim & H. M. Smith Reptiles & Amphibians ii. 45 Anoles and Horned Lizards are common pets. 2006 S. Van Atten Moon Puerto Rico 76/2 The large, Puerto Rican giant green lizard.., and the smaller anoli, of which there are eight species, are ubiquitous. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1666
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