Macquarien.

Brit.

/məˈkwɒri/, U.S.

/məˈkwɑri/, Australian English

/məˈkwɔri/

Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper name (personal name) Macquarie; proper name (place name) Macquarie.

Etymology: Ultimately < the name of Lachlan Macquarie (1761–1824), Major-General and Governor of New South Wales (1809–21); in sense 1 < the name of Macquarie Island in the South Pacific Ocean, south-east of Tasmania; in sense 2 < the name of Macquarie Harbour, an inlet on the west coast of Tasmania where the plant was first identified; in sense 3 < the name of the Macquarie River in New South Wales, Australia.

I. Compounds.

1. Macquarie Island parakeet n. a red-fronted parakeet of an extinct subspecies, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis, formerly found on Macquarie Island. Also Macquarie Island parrot, Macquarie parrot.

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1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. 326 The Macquarie parrot is the inmate of an island even more bleak and cold than the Orkneys.

1831 Hobart Town Almanack 260 Macquarie island parrot—Pacificus.

1919 Bulletin (Sydney) 30 Jan. 24/3 Amongst Australasian birds which have become extinct are the Macquarie Island parrot [etc.].

1955 W. R. B. Oliver New Zealand Birds 560/1 Ornithologists have differed concerning the affinities of the Macquarie and Antipodes Islands Parrakeets... Lorenz thought they should be different subspecies because of the great distance between the islands, about a thousand miles.

1965 Austral. Encycl. VII. 28 Unfortunately, the Macquarie Island parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis) is extinct; it was exterminated by sealers seeking food.

2. Macquarie Harbour vine n. (also Macquarie Harbour grapevine, Macquarie Harbour grape, Macquarie vine) a wiry climbing plant with small edible white berries, Muehlenbeckia adpressa (family Polygonaceae), native to Tasmania and southern Australia.

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1831 Hobart Town Almanack 265 That valuable plant called the Macquarie harbour grape. It was so named by Mr. Lempriere, late of the Commissariat at that Station, who first brought it into notice as a desirable acquisition in our gardens.

1843 J. Backhouse Narr. Visit Austral. Colonies p. xxxvi Macquarie Harbour Vine or Grape. This large climber was introduced into Hobart Town from Macquarie Harbour about 1831 or 1832; but it also abounds in almost every other humid forest in the Colony.

1857 D. Bunce Australasiatic Reminisc. 39 Polygonum adpressum, or Macquarie harbor grape vine... Its quick growth, dense foliage, and white blossoms, succeeded with clusters of waxy transparent fruit, slightly acid, renders it a desirable ornament.

1891 J. Fenton Bush Life Tasmania (1964) 174 Covered with its primitive garb of..Macquarie Harbour vine, and all the mosses and lichens that grow so delicately in the forest shade.

1952 J. R. Skemp Memories Myrtle Bank 67 Sometimes the undergrowth was linked together by vines and creepers—mainly the tough far-reaching ropes of the Macquarie Vine, which, incidentally, bears sweet edible little grapes.

1975 A. B. Cribb & J. W. Cribb Wild Food in Austral. 66 Macquarie Vine is a woody, twining plant, sometimes prostrate but often climbing over other plants in moist forests.

3. Macquarie perch n. (also Macquarie's perch) a small freshwater fish, Macquaria australasica (family Percichthyidae), found in New South Wales and Victoria, and valued as a food and sporting fish.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun]

Macquarie perch1906

1906 D. G. Stead Fishes Austral. 99 Macquarie's Perch attains a length of from 12 to 15 inches.

1938 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Jan. 20/1 The Macquarie perch is making a welcome reappearance in Gippsland streams.

1965 Austral. Encycl. IV. 80/1 The quantities of the principal species marketed in 1952-3 were: callop and Macquarie perch, 1,312,981 lb.

1991 Canberra Times 31 Jan. 20/6 Cooma-Monaro Shire council has outraged angling and conservation organisations, who claim the development will cause..loss of public access to a river section which is the home of two rare and endangered species of valuable Australian native sportfish, Macquarie perch and trout-cod.

II. Simple uses.

4. = Macquarie perch n. at sense 3.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Percidae (perches) > [noun]

mud pike1890

Macquarie1978

1978 D. Vawr Ratbag Mind 27 A perch of sorts, but obviously not the perch I knew. This was a Macquarie.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macquarie
释义	Macquarien. Brit. /məˈkwɒri/, U.S. /məˈkwɑri/, Australian English /məˈkwɔri/ Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper name (personal name) Macquarie; proper name (place name) Macquarie. Etymology: Ultimately < the name of Lachlan Macquarie (1761–1824), Major-General and Governor of New South Wales (1809–21); in sense 1 < the name of Macquarie Island in the South Pacific Ocean, south-east of Tasmania; in sense 2 < the name of Macquarie Harbour, an inlet on the west coast of Tasmania where the plant was first identified; in sense 3 < the name of the Macquarie River in New South Wales, Australia. I. Compounds. 1. Macquarie Island parakeet n. a red-fronted parakeet of an extinct subspecies, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis, formerly found on Macquarie Island. Also Macquarie Island parrot, Macquarie parrot. ΚΠ 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. 326 The Macquarie parrot is the inmate of an island even more bleak and cold than the Orkneys. 1831 Hobart Town Almanack 260 Macquarie island parrot—Pacificus. 1919 Bulletin (Sydney) 30 Jan. 24/3 Amongst Australasian birds which have become extinct are the Macquarie Island parrot [etc.]. 1955 W. R. B. Oliver New Zealand Birds 560/1 Ornithologists have differed concerning the affinities of the Macquarie and Antipodes Islands Parrakeets... Lorenz thought they should be different subspecies because of the great distance between the islands, about a thousand miles. 1965 Austral. Encycl. VII. 28 Unfortunately, the Macquarie Island parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis) is extinct; it was exterminated by sealers seeking food. 2. Macquarie Harbour vine n. (also Macquarie Harbour grapevine, Macquarie Harbour grape, Macquarie vine) a wiry climbing plant with small edible white berries, Muehlenbeckia adpressa (family Polygonaceae), native to Tasmania and southern Australia. ΚΠ 1831 Hobart Town Almanack 265 That valuable plant called the Macquarie harbour grape. It was so named by Mr. Lempriere, late of the Commissariat at that Station, who first brought it into notice as a desirable acquisition in our gardens. 1843 J. Backhouse Narr. Visit Austral. Colonies p. xxxvi Macquarie Harbour Vine or Grape. This large climber was introduced into Hobart Town from Macquarie Harbour about 1831 or 1832; but it also abounds in almost every other humid forest in the Colony. 1857 D. Bunce Australasiatic Reminisc. 39 Polygonum adpressum, or Macquarie harbor grape vine... Its quick growth, dense foliage, and white blossoms, succeeded with clusters of waxy transparent fruit, slightly acid, renders it a desirable ornament. 1891 J. Fenton Bush Life Tasmania (1964) 174 Covered with its primitive garb of..Macquarie Harbour vine, and all the mosses and lichens that grow so delicately in the forest shade. 1952 J. R. Skemp Memories Myrtle Bank 67 Sometimes the undergrowth was linked together by vines and creepers—mainly the tough far-reaching ropes of the Macquarie Vine, which, incidentally, bears sweet edible little grapes. 1975 A. B. Cribb & J. W. Cribb Wild Food in Austral. 66 Macquarie Vine is a woody, twining plant, sometimes prostrate but often climbing over other plants in moist forests. 3. Macquarie perch n. (also Macquarie's perch) a small freshwater fish, Macquaria australasica (family Percichthyidae), found in New South Wales and Victoria, and valued as a food and sporting fish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] Macquarie perch1906 1906 D. G. Stead Fishes Austral. 99 Macquarie's Perch attains a length of from 12 to 15 inches. 1938 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Jan. 20/1 The Macquarie perch is making a welcome reappearance in Gippsland streams. 1965 Austral. Encycl. IV. 80/1 The quantities of the principal species marketed in 1952-3 were: callop and Macquarie perch, 1,312,981 lb. 1991 Canberra Times 31 Jan. 20/6 Cooma-Monaro Shire council has outraged angling and conservation organisations, who claim the development will cause..loss of public access to a river section which is the home of two rare and endangered species of valuable Australian native sportfish, Macquarie perch and trout-cod. II. Simple uses. 4. = Macquarie perch n. at sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Percidae (perches) > [noun] mud pike1890 Macquarie1978 1978 D. Vawr Ratbag Mind 27 A perch of sorts, but obviously not the perch I knew. This was a Macquarie. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827
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