golden-rumpedadj.
/ˌɡəʊld(ə)nˈrʌm(p)t/, U.S. /ˌɡoʊld(ə)nˈrəm(p)t/ In the names of birds and mammals: having a yellowish rump, lower back, or upper tail coverts.
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1821 East-India Marine Soc. Salem 61 [Tanager].., golden-rumped.
a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXIII. 298/2 P. Chrysorrhos, Tem.; Golden-rumped Couscou. About four inches shorter than the last species.
1896 A. J. North List Insectivorous Birds New S. Wales 7 Golden-rumped Diamond-bird.
1936 Jrnl. Mammalogy 17 12 [Gestation periods]... Golden-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta aguti).—104 days.
1979 Mammalian Species No. 117 3/2 The ear margins of the golden-rumped elephant-shrew are often parasitized by these ticks.
2001 National Geographic Sept. 10/2 The frogs' nocturnal cacophony is replaced by the raucous chorus of birds: goldenrumped tinker barbets, Burchell's coucals, Klaas's cuckoos, [etc.].
Compounds
golden-rumped tamarin n. (more fully golden-rumped lion tamarin) the black lion tamarin, Leontopithecus chrysopygus, which has yellowish fur on the lower back.
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1957 W. C. Osman Primates: Pithecoidea Platyrrhini III. 116/2 Golden-rumped Tamarin; Yellow-tailed Tamarin.
1977 A. F. Coimbra-Filho & R. A. Mittermeier in Prince Ranier III Monaco & G. H. Bourne Primate Conservation iii. 61 The golden-rumped lion tamarin..has never been exhibited outside Brazil.
2002 M. Burton & R. Burton Internat. Wildlife Encycl. (ed. 3) 2625/2 The golden-rumped lion tamarin (L. chrysopygus) is black with a golden forehead and rump patch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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