golden-crestedadj.
/ˌɡəʊld(ə)nˈkrɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˌɡoʊld(ə)nˈkrɛstəd/ Chiefly in the names of birds: having a yellow crest.Recorded earliest in golden-crested wren.
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1761 B. Stillingfleet Cal. Flora 32 Golden Crested Wren.
1824 Edinb. Jrnl. Sci. 1 176 Observations, by P. J. Selby, Esq. were also read, on the natural history of the Golden-Crested Regulus.
1855 M. Arnold Balder Dead ii, in Poems 2nd Ser. 23 And in Valhalla, from his gable perch, The golden-crested Cock began to crow.
1884 E. P. Roe in Harper's Mag. Mar. 614/2 The golden-crested kinglet is a little mite of a bird.
1953 Nyasaland Jrnl. Jrnl. 27 We..were amused to see two handsome golden-crested cranes waiting at the barrier to cross into Kenya.
1998 Jrnl. Avian Med. & Surg. 12 108/2 A golden-crested mynah (Ampeliceps coronatus).
Compounds
golden-crested wren n. now historical the goldcrest, Regulus regulus.
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1761 B. Stillingfleet Cal. Flora 32 Golden Crested Wren.
1830 D. Booth Analyt. Dict. Eng. Lang. 98 The smallest of all the British birds, is called the Golden-crested Wren.
1920 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 72 The hedge sparrow and golden-crested wren, the former of which is..an accentor, and the latter a regulus.
2017 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 1 Feb. In Yorkshire as in many other parts of the UK the goldcrest was known as the golden-crested wren for many years.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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