grey-cheekedgray-cheekedadj.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪˈtʃiːkt/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪˈtʃikt/

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

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

Etymology: < grey adj. + cheeked adj.

Esp. in the names of animals: having grey cheeks.

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?a1656 J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 87 East..gorgeous, gray-cheekt, radiant, pearly.

1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VII. 490 (heading) Grey-cheeked Parrakeet.

1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds V. 259 Podiceps rubricollis. The red-necked grebe... Grey-cheeked grebe.

1919 R. Simpson Bite of Benin xxviii. 265 Eluding the clutching fingers of the grey-cheeked woman at his feet.

1970 A. Hoogerwerf Udjung Kulon lxxv. 438 Teron griseicauda pulverulenta Wallace—Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon.

2006 New Scientist 24 June 23/2 To snaffle ripe fruit before the competition, grey-cheeked mangabeys keep their eye on the weather.

Compounds

grey-cheeked thrush n. the thrush, Catharus minimus, breeding in North America and eastern Siberia, which has grey-brown upperparts and a lighter speckled underside; cf. grey-cheek n. at grey adj. and n. Compounds 1c(b).

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1858 S. F. Baird Birds (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route Pacific IX) p. xxxi, in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (33rd Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 91) Grey-cheeked Thrush. Mississippi region to the Missouri.

1921 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music (rev. ed.) 248 The Gray-cheeked Thrush is seen only in the time of migration.

2010 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 26 Sept. (Arts & Life section) c8 50 white-crowned sparrows were seen along with a grey-cheeked thrush.

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

单词	grey-cheeked
释义	grey-cheekedgray-cheekedadj. Brit. /ˌɡreɪˈtʃiːkt/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪˈtʃikt/ Forms: see grey adj. and n. and cheeked adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., cheeked adj. Etymology: < grey adj. + cheeked adj. Esp. in the names of animals: having grey cheeks. ΚΠ ?a1656 J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 87 East..gorgeous, gray-cheekt, radiant, pearly. 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VII. 490 (heading) Grey-cheeked Parrakeet. 1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds V. 259 Podiceps rubricollis. The red-necked grebe... Grey-cheeked grebe. 1919 R. Simpson Bite of Benin xxviii. 265 Eluding the clutching fingers of the grey-cheeked woman at his feet. 1970 A. Hoogerwerf Udjung Kulon lxxv. 438 Teron griseicauda pulverulenta Wallace—Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon. 2006 New Scientist 24 June 23/2 To snaffle ripe fruit before the competition, grey-cheeked mangabeys keep their eye on the weather. Compounds grey-cheeked thrush n. the thrush, Catharus minimus, breeding in North America and eastern Siberia, which has grey-brown upperparts and a lighter speckled underside; cf. grey-cheek n. at grey adj. and n. Compounds 1c(b). ΚΠ 1858 S. F. Baird Birds (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route Pacific IX) p. xxxi, in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (33rd Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 91) Grey-cheeked Thrush. Mississippi region to the Missouri. 1921 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music (rev. ed.) 248 The Gray-cheeked Thrush is seen only in the time of migration. 2010 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 26 Sept. (Arts & Life section) c8 50 white-crowned sparrows were seen along with a grey-cheeked thrush. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1656
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