firebirdn.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪəbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌbərd/

Forms:

α. 1500s fieres-bird.

β. 1600s– firebird.

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

Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of fire n. + bird n. In β. forms < fire n. + bird n.With quots. 1888 and 1910 at sense 1b compare Russian žar-ptica (18th cent. or earlier) < žar heat + ptica bird.

†a. A bird which stays by or hovers round the fire. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > [noun] > that stays by fire

firebird1593

1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift sig. B3 This wether-beaten fieres-bird.

b. Any of various fabled or mythical birds associated with fire.

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > types of mythical bird

pelicanOE

tiger1481

Stymphalid1560

roc1579

mamuque?1590

firebird1601

sunbird1616

ganzaa1633

cocklicrane1653

white bird1697

wakon-bird1778

simurgh1786

thunder-birda1827

huma1841

oozlum bird1858

lightning bird1870

jubjub1871

ho-ho bird1901

storm-bird1913

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. xiii. 277 This fire-bird Incendiaria [Fr. Boute-feu; L. incendiaria avis] is likewise unluckie... Some give this interpretation of Incendiaria, to be any bird whatsoever, which hath been seene carying fire either from altar or chappell of the gods.

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ix. 252 The story of the fire-bird..a bird which pecked at it [sc. a tree] and made fire come forth.

1888 H. Wilson in J. C. Dunlop Hist. Prose Fiction (new ed.) II. App. 639 Six or twelve-headed flying and speaking serpents, fire-birds, gold-antlered stags, deadly and quickening waters play important parts.

1910 St. Nicholas Mar. 390/1 Now I have got to bring the Firebird to the Czar, or he will have me imprisoned for life.

2010 Log Home Living Dec. 42/2 The family dubbed it ‘The Phoenix Cabin’, after the sacred firebird of myth.

†a. Either of two carmine bee-eaters, Merops nubicus and M. nubicoides, which are well known in Africa for following grass fires in order to feed on the disturbed insects. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Meropidae > unspecified and miscellaneous types

firebird1892

rainbow bird1911

1776 P. Brown Nouvelles Illustr. de Zool. 4 The bird under the Eagle's foot is the Fire bird, from the river Gambia.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Nov. 3/1 You may watch the red fire-bird (a kind of bee-eater) as it sweeps..round the bush-grown moat of the fortress.

1908 F. Finn World's Birds 7 The large red species Merops nubicus is well known in Africa, and locally called ‘Fire-bird’.

b. U.S. regional. Either of two songbirds with bright orange or red in the plumage: the Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula, and the scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Icterus (oriole) > icterus galbula

red-bird1649

Baltimore1669

firebird1778

fire hang-bird1843

1778 T. Anburey Let. 10 May in Trav. Interior Parts Amer. (1789) II. liv. 198 The most remarkable are the Fire-bird, Hanging-bird, Blue-bird and Humming-bird.

1808 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 23 Baltimore Bird is generally known, and, as usual, honored with a variety of names, such as Hang-nest, Hanging-bird, Golden Robin, Fire-Bird (from the bright orange seen through the green leaves resembling a flash of fire).

1844 J. E. DeKay Zool. N.Y. II. 176 The Black-winged Red-bird.., or Fire-bird and Tanager, as it is often called in this State,..is a shy solitary bird.

1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature III. 265 One of the commonest species, the Baltimore Oriole,..has received the name of fire-bird... It is also called the Golden Robin.

1917 Birds of Amer. (1923) II. 258 Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula... Other names.—Golden Robin..; Fire-bird; Pea-bird.

1920 Encycl. Americana XXVI. 239/2 Species of the genus Pyranga are regular migrants to the United States in summer, one, the scarlet tanager, or black-winged fire-bird.., being familiar..throughout all the Northern and Eastern States.

1956 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 40 130 Baltimore oriole..Fire Bird (Mass., R.I.)

1963 O. J. Gromme Birds Wisconsin 214 Firebird [sc. Piranga erythromelas].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	firebird
释义	firebirdn. Brit. /ˈfʌɪəbəːd/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌbərd/ Forms: α. 1500s fieres-bird. β. 1600s– firebird. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., bird n. Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of fire n. + bird n. In β. forms < fire n. + bird n.With quots. 1888 and 1910 at sense 1b compare Russian žar-ptica (18th cent. or earlier) < žar heat + ptica bird. 1. †a. A bird which stays by or hovers round the fire. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [noun] > that stays by fire firebird1593 1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift sig. B3 This wether-beaten fieres-bird. b. Any of various fabled or mythical birds associated with fire. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > types of mythical bird pelicanOE tiger1481 Stymphalid1560 roc1579 mamuque?1590 firebird1601 sunbird1616 ganzaa1633 cocklicrane1653 white bird1697 wakon-bird1778 simurgh1786 thunder-birda1827 huma1841 oozlum bird1858 lightning bird1870 jubjub1871 ho-ho bird1901 storm-bird1913 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. xiii. 277 This fire-bird Incendiaria [Fr. Boute-feu; L. incendiaria avis] is likewise unluckie... Some give this interpretation of Incendiaria, to be any bird whatsoever, which hath been seene carying fire either from altar or chappell of the gods. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ix. 252 The story of the fire-bird..a bird which pecked at it [sc. a tree] and made fire come forth. 1888 H. Wilson in J. C. Dunlop Hist. Prose Fiction (new ed.) II. App. 639 Six or twelve-headed flying and speaking serpents, fire-birds, gold-antlered stags, deadly and quickening waters play important parts. 1910 St. Nicholas Mar. 390/1 Now I have got to bring the Firebird to the Czar, or he will have me imprisoned for life. 2010 Log Home Living Dec. 42/2 The family dubbed it ‘The Phoenix Cabin’, after the sacred firebird of myth. 2. †a. Either of two carmine bee-eaters, Merops nubicus and M. nubicoides, which are well known in Africa for following grass fires in order to feed on the disturbed insects. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Meropidae > unspecified and miscellaneous types firebird1892 rainbow bird1911 1776 P. Brown Nouvelles Illustr. de Zool. 4 The bird under the Eagle's foot is the Fire bird, from the river Gambia. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Nov. 3/1 You may watch the red fire-bird (a kind of bee-eater) as it sweeps..round the bush-grown moat of the fortress. 1908 F. Finn World's Birds 7 The large red species Merops nubicus is well known in Africa, and locally called ‘Fire-bird’. b. U.S. regional. Either of two songbirds with bright orange or red in the plumage: the Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula, and the scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Icterus (oriole) > icterus galbula red-bird1649 Baltimore1669 firebird1778 fire hang-bird1843 1778 T. Anburey Let. 10 May in Trav. Interior Parts Amer. (1789) II. liv. 198 The most remarkable are the Fire-bird, Hanging-bird, Blue-bird and Humming-bird. 1808 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 23 Baltimore Bird is generally known, and, as usual, honored with a variety of names, such as Hang-nest, Hanging-bird, Golden Robin, Fire-Bird (from the bright orange seen through the green leaves resembling a flash of fire). 1844 J. E. DeKay Zool. N.Y. II. 176 The Black-winged Red-bird.., or Fire-bird and Tanager, as it is often called in this State,..is a shy solitary bird. 1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature III. 265 One of the commonest species, the Baltimore Oriole,..has received the name of fire-bird... It is also called the Golden Robin. 1917 Birds of Amer. (1923) II. 258 Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula... Other names.—Golden Robin..; Fire-bird; Pea-bird. 1920 Encycl. Americana XXVI. 239/2 Species of the genus Pyranga are regular migrants to the United States in summer, one, the scarlet tanager, or black-winged fire-bird.., being familiar..throughout all the Northern and Eastern States. 1956 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 40 130 Baltimore oriole..Fire Bird (Mass., R.I.) 1963 O. J. Gromme Birds Wisconsin 214 Firebird [sc. Piranga erythromelas]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593
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