grey-backedgray-backedadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡreɪbakt/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪˌbækt/

Forms: see grey adj. and n. and backed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., backed adj.

Etymology: < grey adj. + backed adj. Compare greyback n.

Of an animal, esp. a bird: having a grey or greyish back.

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grey-backed1837

grey-necked1894

1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross 51 The Deb Flook; 'tis gray-backed and white-bellied.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 37 The grey-backed Tipula, with whitish wings with brown spots.

1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 529 Grey-backed Crow.

1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 417/1 These grey-backed depredators [sc. hoodies].

1922 Auckland Weekly News 3 Aug. 17 The common mollymawk should not be confused with its cousins, the white-capped mollymawk..and the grey-backed mollymawk.

2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 58 Red-backed Hawk... Known in the Falklands as the red-backed buzzard or, in the case of the male, as the grey-backed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grey-backed
释义	grey-backedgray-backedadj. Brit. /ˈɡreɪbakt/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪˌbækt/ Forms: see grey adj. and n. and backed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., backed adj. Etymology: < grey adj. + backed adj. Compare greyback n. Of an animal, esp. a bird: having a grey or greyish back. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [adjective] > grey (of hooded crow) grey-backed1837 grey-necked1894 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross 51 The Deb Flook; 'tis gray-backed and white-bellied. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 37 The grey-backed Tipula, with whitish wings with brown spots. 1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 529 Grey-backed Crow. 1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 417/1 These grey-backed depredators [sc. hoodies]. 1922 Auckland Weekly News 3 Aug. 17 The common mollymawk should not be confused with its cousins, the white-capped mollymawk..and the grey-backed mollymawk. 2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 58 Red-backed Hawk... Known in the Falklands as the red-backed buzzard or, in the case of the male, as the grey-backed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1710
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