单词 | king harry redcap |
释义 | > as lemmasKing Harry Redcap King Harry n. English regional (chiefly East Anglian) (now rare) the goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis (also King Harry Redcap). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carduelis > carduelis carduelis (goldfinch) goldfincheOE goldspinka1522 carduel?1530 thistle-finch1589 thistlewarp1598 fool's coata1682 grey pate1728 tailor-warbler1783 redcap1785 sheriff's man1796 goldie?1800 King Harry1824 sweet-william1848 tailor1848 thistle-bird1872 thistle-feeder1904 1824 Eclectic Rev. Jan. 91 Philip for a sparrow, Jacob for a starling, and King Harry, alias Jack Nicker, for a gold-finch. 1848 Zoologist 6 2186 The goldfinch..is the King Harry from its beautiful crown. 1866 H. Stevenson Birds Norfolk I. 224 A common name for this bird in Norfolk and Suffolk is ‘King Harry,’ or King Harry Redcap. 1999 R. Malster Mardler's Compan. King Harry, a goldfinch. < as lemmas |
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