long-billn.²

Brit.

/ˈlɒŋbɪl/, U.S.

/ˈlɔŋˈˌbɪl/,

/ˈlɑŋˈˌbɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, bill n.²

Etymology: < long adj.¹ + bill n.² Compare earlier long-billed adj.

A bird (or fish) with a long bill.Frequently as a shortened form of the name of a long-billed species (cf. long-billed adj.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > beak or bill > of particular shape > bird having

long-bill1835

tenuiroster1842

sickle-bill1872

1835 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. I. 416/1 The fourth group [of birds], Longirostres (long-bills), is also tolerably natural, though the single epithet ‘long’ is hardly sufficiently expressive of bills of so many different shapes and textures.

1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 3 Oct. 14/1 One thousand one hundred and fifty sounds a satisfactory bag of the ‘long-bills’.

1977 J. Bull & J. Farrand Audubon Soc. Field Guide Birds N. Amer.: Eastern Region 622 Many nests have been found, but details of the Long-bill's..habits remain relatively unknown.

1992 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 15 Jan. 32/2 Gigantic factory ships..are having a serious impact on longbill, squid and other pelagic fishes.

2004 Wildlife Conservation Feb. 46/1 Now these vultures have nearly disappeared. In two weeks, I saw only ten white-backs and no long-bills.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	long-bill
释义	long-billn.² Brit. /ˈlɒŋbɪl/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋˈˌbɪl/, /ˈlɑŋˈˌbɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, bill n.² Etymology: < long adj.¹ + bill n.² Compare earlier long-billed adj. A bird (or fish) with a long bill.Frequently as a shortened form of the name of a long-billed species (cf. long-billed adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > beak or bill > of particular shape > bird having long-bill1835 tenuiroster1842 sickle-bill1872 1835 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. I. 416/1 The fourth group [of birds], Longirostres (long-bills), is also tolerably natural, though the single epithet ‘long’ is hardly sufficiently expressive of bills of so many different shapes and textures. 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 3 Oct. 14/1 One thousand one hundred and fifty sounds a satisfactory bag of the ‘long-bills’. 1977 J. Bull & J. Farrand Audubon Soc. Field Guide Birds N. Amer.: Eastern Region 622 Many nests have been found, but details of the Long-bill's..habits remain relatively unknown. 1992 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 15 Jan. 32/2 Gigantic factory ships..are having a serious impact on longbill, squid and other pelagic fishes. 2004 Wildlife Conservation Feb. 46/1 Now these vultures have nearly disappeared. In two weeks, I saw only ten white-backs and no long-bills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1835
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long-billn.2

long-billn.²