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单词 medrick
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medrickn.

Brit. /ˈmɛdrɪk/, U.S. /ˈmɛdrɪk/
Forms: 1800s madrick, 1800s medrake, 1800s– medrick, 1900s– medric.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown.It is uncertain whether the same word is shown by English regional (Cornwall) maddrick in the phrase maddrick gull, a name for the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus, recorded in 19th cent. in Eng. Dial. Dict.
U.S. regional (north-eastern).
The common tern, Sterna hirundo. Also: the Arctic tern, S. paradisaea.
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1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. 145 We suppose there are with us four [species]..4. the swallow-tail Gull, or Medrake.
1869 J. R. Lowell Pictures from Appledore 65 The medrick that makes you look overhead With short, sharp scream, as he sights his prey.
1925 E. H. Forbush Birds of Mass. I. 105 Common Tern... Sea swallow; medrick.
1925 E. H. Forbush Birds of Mass. I. 115 Arctic Tern... Medrick.
1956 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 40 22 Common Tern... Medric gull (Maine); medrick (Maine, Mass.).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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