marrotn.

Brit.

/ˈmarət/, U.S.

/ˈmɛrət/, Scottish English

/ˈmarət/

Forms: 1600s marret, 1700s– marrot, 1700s– morot, 1800s marrock, 1800s– marat, 1800s– marrat, 1800s– marott, 1800s– marrott, 1800s– morrot, 1800s– murrit, 1900s– murrat; also murot

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably imitative of the bird's call; compare earlier murre n.In form marrock in quot. 1863 perhaps after -ock suffix in e.g. scuttock n., tarrock n., willock n., all referring to the guillemot.

Chiefly Scottish.

An auk, esp. a guillemot or razorbill.

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marrot1647

auk1673

parrotbill1778

alcid1885

puffin1885

1647 J. Hall Poems i. 17 What piles of victualls had thou need to chew, Ten Woods or Marrets throats were not enew.

1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 48 Alka Hoieri: Our People call it the Marrot, the Auk or Razor-Bill.

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 573 The birds are, eagles, marrots or auks, kingfishers, rain geese, muir fowls.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 259 The very marrocks and dovekies have got wings.

1880 Act 43 & 44 Vict. (Wild Birds Protect. Act) c. 35 Sched. Marrot.

1926 Banffshire Jrnl. 18 May 8 Nae scrath or marat stirred.

1935 L. J. Rintoul & E. V. Baxter Vertebr. Fauna of Forth 310 It is unfortunate that the old names Marrot and Scout referred to both Razorbills and Guillemots.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	marrot
释义	marrotn. Brit. /ˈmarət/, U.S. /ˈmɛrət/, Scottish English /ˈmarət/ Forms: 1600s marret, 1700s– marrot, 1700s– morot, 1800s marrock, 1800s– marat, 1800s– marrat, 1800s– marott, 1800s– marrott, 1800s– morrot, 1800s– murrit, 1900s– murrat; also murot Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably imitative of the bird's call; compare earlier murre n.In form marrock in quot. 1863 perhaps after -ock suffix in e.g. scuttock n., tarrock n., willock n., all referring to the guillemot. Chiefly Scottish. An auk, esp. a guillemot or razorbill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > member of (auk) marrot1647 auk1673 parrotbill1778 alcid1885 puffin1885 1647 J. Hall Poems i. 17 What piles of victualls had thou need to chew, Ten Woods or Marrets throats were not enew. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 48 Alka Hoieri: Our People call it the Marrot, the Auk or Razor-Bill. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 573 The birds are, eagles, marrots or auks, kingfishers, rain geese, muir fowls. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 259 The very marrocks and dovekies have got wings. 1880 Act 43 & 44 Vict. (Wild Birds Protect. Act) c. 35 Sched. Marrot. 1926 Banffshire Jrnl. 18 May 8 Nae scrath or marat stirred. 1935 L. J. Rintoul & E. V. Baxter Vertebr. Fauna of Forth 310 It is unfortunate that the old names Marrot and Scout referred to both Razorbills and Guillemots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1647
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