ice birdn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪs bəːd/, U.S.

/ˈaɪs ˌbərd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ice n., bird n.

Etymology: < ice n. + bird n. In sense 1 so called on account of its habitat. In sense 2 so called on account of its call.

Now rare.

1. The little auk, Alle alle, which breeds in the high Arctic.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > alle alle (little auk)

ice bird1620

rotge1694

rotche1806

rotchie1806

sea-dove1826

king-auk1851

dovekie1917

1620 J. Mason Briefe Disc. New-found-land sig. Aiv^v The sea fowles, are Gulles,..Penguins, Sea Pigeons, Ice Birds, Bottle noses.

1694 tr. F. Martens in Acct. Several Late Voy. ii. 74 I saw also..a very beautiful Ice-bird, which was so tame, that we might have taken him up.

1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 110 A small black and white bird, which some called an ice-bird.

1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 267 Ice-bird, a name for the Rotche or little Auk.

1851 D. Landsborough Excursions Arran, Ailsa Craig, & Two Cumbraes 393 These birds are inhabitants of Spitzbergen, Greenland, and Newfoundland, where they are called ice-birds.

1910 C. A. Reed Bird Guide 31 These little auks, called ‘ice birds’ by the fishermen, are very abundant in the far north.

1951 H. S. Peters & T. D. Burleigh Birds Newfoundland 258 Common Dovekie..Plautus alle alle (Linnaeus)..Bull-bird, Ice-bird... The smallest of our seabirds.

2. Indian English. The Indian nightjar, Caprimulgus asiaticus, which has a call likened to a stone skipping across ice.

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1862 T. C. Jerdon Birds India I. §112. 197 Its usual note..is like the sound of a stone scudding over ice (hence it is sometimes called the Ice-bird).

1880 Gazetteer Bombay Presidency XII. ii. 34 Of Night-Jars the chief are, the Common Night-jar, Caprimulgus asiaticus, called the Ice Bird from its quickly repeated note, like a stone bounding across ice.

1904 D. D. Cunningham Some Indian Friends (new ed.) 252 The common Indian goat-sucker, Caprimulgus asiaticus—the ‘ice-bird’ of Anglo-Indians—is a constant and familiar object in suburban gardens.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ice bird
释义	ice birdn. Brit. /ˈʌɪs bəːd/, U.S. /ˈaɪs ˌbərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ice n., bird n. Etymology: < ice n. + bird n. In sense 1 so called on account of its habitat. In sense 2 so called on account of its call. Now rare. 1. The little auk, Alle alle, which breeds in the high Arctic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > alle alle (little auk) ice bird1620 rotge1694 rotche1806 rotchie1806 sea-dove1826 king-auk1851 dovekie1917 1620 J. Mason Briefe Disc. New-found-land sig. Aiv^v The sea fowles, are Gulles,..Penguins, Sea Pigeons, Ice Birds, Bottle noses. 1694 tr. F. Martens in Acct. Several Late Voy. ii. 74 I saw also..a very beautiful Ice-bird, which was so tame, that we might have taken him up. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 110 A small black and white bird, which some called an ice-bird. 1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 267 Ice-bird, a name for the Rotche or little Auk. 1851 D. Landsborough Excursions Arran, Ailsa Craig, & Two Cumbraes 393 These birds are inhabitants of Spitzbergen, Greenland, and Newfoundland, where they are called ice-birds. 1910 C. A. Reed Bird Guide 31 These little auks, called ‘ice birds’ by the fishermen, are very abundant in the far north. 1951 H. S. Peters & T. D. Burleigh Birds Newfoundland 258 Common Dovekie..Plautus alle alle (Linnaeus)..Bull-bird, Ice-bird... The smallest of our seabirds. 2. Indian English. The Indian nightjar, Caprimulgus asiaticus, which has a call likened to a stone skipping across ice. ΚΠ 1862 T. C. Jerdon Birds India I. §112. 197 Its usual note..is like the sound of a stone scudding over ice (hence it is sometimes called the Ice-bird). 1880 Gazetteer Bombay Presidency XII. ii. 34 Of Night-Jars the chief are, the Common Night-jar, Caprimulgus asiaticus, called the Ice Bird from its quickly repeated note, like a stone bounding across ice. 1904 D. D. Cunningham Some Indian Friends (new ed.) 252 The common Indian goat-sucker, Caprimulgus asiaticus—the ‘ice-bird’ of Anglo-Indians—is a constant and familiar object in suburban gardens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1620
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