单词 | firetail |
释义 | firetailn.adj. A. n. 1. The common redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus. Later also: (U.S.) the American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Phoenicurus > species phoenicurus (redstart) redtail1544 redstart1553 stark1611 firetail1752 star finch1752 brandtail1802 redstart warbler1815 firebrand1848 fiery brandtail1853 fireflirt1883 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 507 Authors call it the Ruticilla and Phœnicurus; we, the Fire-tail, the Star-finch, and the Red-start. 1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 412 Fire-tail..The Redstart comes to us in early April. 1867 Cornhill Mag. 15 593 ‘There's a firetail’, said the boy. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 13 Redstart... Fire tail (Craven; Hants; Norfolk; Notts; Somerset; Warwick; Scotland). 1911 Suggested Exercises Mich. Special Days 166 Redstart; Redstart Warbler; Fire-Tail. This handsome little bird is an abundant migrant throughout the state. 1930 E. W. Hendy Wild Exmoor 165 The copper-coloured feathers which give redstarts their local name of ‘fire-tails’. 1960 V. Williams Walk Egypt 15 Raccoon-marked yellowthroats, cheeky firetails, and little parulas hung from every twig. 2. Any of several Australasian waxbills of the genus Stagonopleura and related genera, having predominantly grey plumage with red upper tail coverts; esp. S. bella of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. Also called fire-tailed finch. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > miscellaneous types of firefinch1783 redhead1816 firetail1845 fire-tailed finch1845 zebra finch1868 magpie finch1869 cut-throat finch1872 melba finch1876 zebra1879 bluebill1955 1845 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) III. Pl. 78 Estrelda bella. Fire-tailed Finch..Fire-tail..Colonists of Van Diemen's Land. 1872 ‘Tasmanian Lady’ Treasures, Lost & Found 126 The little firetail. [Note] A bird which derives its name from a bright red spot beneath the tail, the rest of the plumage being brown. 1931 J. Devaney Earth Kindred 15 The firetail flock from twenty angles Shot for the low lantana tangles. 1963 Behaviour 20 170 The frequent presence of both adults in the nest by day..has been reported of wild Zebra Finches..and Firetails. 1999 Birdwatch Apr. 50/1 A visit to the Blue Mountains adds Turquoise Parrot and Diamond Firetail. 3. A ruby-tailed wasp (family Chrysididae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > family Chrysididae > member of (cuckoo-fly) firetail1865 cuckoo-fly1868 chrysid1884 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > family Chrysididae > member of genus Chrysis (ruby-tailed fly) golden wasp1773 golden fly1781 ruby-tail1826 ruby-tail fly1830 firetail1865 1865 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xxiv. 481 Those splendid insects which are popularly called Ruby-tailed Flies, or Firetails, and scientifically are termed Chrysididæ. 1892 Knowledge 1 Sept. 164/2 Some of the most resplendent of all British insects are the ruby-tailed flies, golden wasps, or fire-tails. 1932 A. C. Williams Trout Flies 29 Ruby Wasp or Firetail (Chry[s]is ignita)... It is mostly seen on bright sunny days when the brilliant bottle-green head and thorax and ruby body catch the eye from some distance. B. adj. = fire-tailed adj.With firetail finch in quot. 1960 cf. sense A. 2, fire-tailed finch n. at fire-tailed adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > red- or rust-coloured > red-tailed red-tailed1611 redtail1802 firetail1864 1864 J. G. Wood Our Garden Friends & Foes xviii. 295 The common Fire-tail Cuckoo-fly is known to be parasitic in the nest of the wasp. 1921 Trans. Entomol. Soc. 48 Chrysidid: a medium-sized ‘fire-tail wasp’ of the usual brilliant green, with blue tip to the abdomen. 1960 N. Chauncy Tangara xi. 86 She turned slowly from the window, where she had been watching the firetail finches playing round the yellow broom. 1999 T. Low Feral Future (2002) viii. 58 The firetail gudgeon (Hypseleotris galii), said one scientist, considered ‘mosquito larvae with the taste of an epicure’. 2006 M. Clayton et al. CSIRO List Austral. Vertebr. (ed. 2) 35 (table) Lined Firetail Skink. Morethia ruficauda. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1752 |
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