long-billedadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɒŋˌbɪld/, U.S.

/ˈlɔŋˈˌbɪld/,

/ˈlɑŋˈˌbɪld/

Forms: see long adj.¹ and n.¹ and billed adj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, billed adj.¹

Etymology: < long adj.¹ + billed adj.¹

Of a bird: having a long bill. Now frequently in the names of birds, esp. waders (cf. long-bill n.²).

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

long-billed1594

latirostrous1646

bill-twisteda1657

spoon-billed1668

hook-billed1695

slender-billed1769

thick-billed1770

bow-beaked1791

boat-billed1821

slender-beaked1824

tenuirostral1837

broad-billed1839

planirostrate1858

tenuirostrate1860

planirostral1890

1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard ii. ix. sig. Ci Wilt thou set springes..To catch the long-billd Woodcocke?

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 67 A Christian Boy in Constantinople, had like to haue been stoned, for gagging, in a waggishnesse, a long Billed Fowle.

1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 535 Long-billed Rain Cuckow.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 262 Numenius, Long-billed Curlew. Sickle-bill.

1966 R. Silverberg Forgotten by Time 90 A German professor said it was part of the family of long-billed birds known as snipes.

2012 Guardian 21 May 31/1 Not one, but two long-billed dowitchers delighted visitors to my local patch.

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

Furnished with a bill; having a beak, spike, etc. (Usually in compounds, as long-billed, broad-billed, soft-billed, etc.)

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

billed1399

beaked1589

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > of the beak > having a beak

billed1399

rostrous1651

rostrated1797

beak-bearing1830

rostriferous1852

beaked1869

1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 37 All billid breddis þat þe bough spareth.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xiii. 20 The weil stelit and braid billit ax.

1583 D. Ingram in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) iii. 560 A Flamingo..is bigger than a Goose, billed like a Shouell.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xiii. 67 A long Billed Fowle.

1770 G. White Let. 1 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 83 Hard-billed birds subsist on seeds.

1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §385 Dentirostres, or toothed-billed Birds, which are characterized by a notch or tooth near the extremity of the upper mandible.

单词	long-billed
释义	long-billedadj. Brit. /ˈlɒŋˌbɪld/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋˈˌbɪld/, /ˈlɑŋˈˌbɪld/ Forms: see long adj.¹ and n.¹ and billed adj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, billed adj.¹ Etymology: < long adj.¹ + billed adj.¹ Of a bird: having a long bill. Now frequently in the names of birds, esp. waders (cf. long-bill n.²). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > of particular shape long-billed1594 latirostrous1646 bill-twisteda1657 spoon-billed1668 hook-billed1695 slender-billed1769 thick-billed1770 bow-beaked1791 boat-billed1821 slender-beaked1824 tenuirostral1837 broad-billed1839 planirostrate1858 tenuirostrate1860 planirostral1890 1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard ii. ix. sig. Ci Wilt thou set springes..To catch the long-billd Woodcocke? 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 67 A Christian Boy in Constantinople, had like to haue been stoned, for gagging, in a waggishnesse, a long Billed Fowle. 1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 535 Long-billed Rain Cuckow. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 262 Numenius, Long-billed Curlew. Sickle-bill. 1966 R. Silverberg Forgotten by Time 90 A German professor said it was part of the family of long-billed birds known as snipes. 2012 Guardian 21 May 31/1 Not one, but two long-billed dowitchers delighted visitors to my local patch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas long-billed Furnished with a bill; having a beak, spike, etc. (Usually in compounds, as long-billed, broad-billed, soft-billed, etc.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill billed1399 beaked1589 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > of the beak > having a beak billed1399 rostrous1651 rostrated1797 beak-bearing1830 rostriferous1852 beaked1869 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 37 All billid breddis þat þe bough spareth. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xiii. 20 The weil stelit and braid billit ax. 1583 D. Ingram in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) iii. 560 A Flamingo..is bigger than a Goose, billed like a Shouell. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xiii. 67 A long Billed Fowle. 1770 G. White Let. 1 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 83 Hard-billed birds subsist on seeds. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §385 Dentirostres, or toothed-billed Birds, which are characterized by a notch or tooth near the extremity of the upper mandible. extracted from billedadj.¹ < adj.1594 as lemmas
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long-billedadj.

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