单词 | golden-crowned |
释义 | golden-crownedadj. In the names of birds and mammals: having yellowish feathers or fur on the crown of the head.Recorded earliest in golden-crowned wren.golden-crowned accentor: see accentor n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having bird's head > with appendage or crest > of particular colour red-crested1633 golden-crowned1678 red-crowned1763 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 227 The golden-crown'd Wren: Regulus cristatus. 1758 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. I. xxv. 50 (heading) The Golden-crowned Parrakeet. 1869 Atlantic Monthly May 589 The other two species are the well-known golden-crowned thrush (Sciurus aurocapillus) or wood-wagtail, and the Northern, or small, water-thrush. 1916 Condor 18 4 At Prince William's Sound were seen the White-headed Eagle.., the Hummingbird, and a small land bird evidently the Golden-crowned Sparrow. 1955 R. T. Peterson & J. Fisher Wild Amer. i. 11 In the same little wood we picked up the tiny golden-crowned kinglet, so like the Old World goldcrest, indeed somewhere between our goldcrest and firecrest. 2018 Business Mirror (Philippines) (Nexis) 29 Apr. The proposal..will help protect and conserve at least three species of flying foxes—the endemic and endangered golden-crowned flying fox, the island flying fox and the giant flying fox. Compounds golden-crowned wren n. either of two kinglets with a bright yellow crest: (originally) the goldcrest, Regulus regulus (Obsolete); (in later use) the similar golden-crowned kinglet, R. satrapa, of North America. ΚΠ 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 227 The golden-crown'd Wren: Regulus cristatus. 1789 G. White Let. in Nat. Hist. Selborne 105 The feeble little golden-crowned wren, that shadow of a bird, braves our severest frosts. 1864 Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Montreal 50/1 (list) Regulus Satrapa, Licht. Golden-crowned Wren. 1990 Pennsylvania Birds Jan. 4/1 Those crowns have led to such nicknames as ‘flame-crest’, ‘gold-crest’, ‘fiery-colored wren’ and ‘golden-crowned wren,’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1678 |
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