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单词 meadow-wink
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meadow-winkn.

Brit. /ˈmɛdə(ʊ)wɪŋk/, U.S. /ˈmɛdoʊˌwɪŋk/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meadow n., an element of uncertain origin.
Etymology: < meadow n. + a second element of uncertain origin, probably imitative of the bird's call (see quot. 1956); compare chewink n., and perhaps also bobolink n.
U.S. regional.
The bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Cf. meadow bird n. at meadow n. Compounds 2.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Dolichonyx (bobolink)
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1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) iii. 400 D. oryzivorus....Bobolink. Meadow-wink. Skunk Blackbird.
1923 W. L. Dawson Birds Calif. I. 137 Bobolink... Rice-bird, Meadow-wink.
1956 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 40 130 Meadow-wink... The second element of this name is sonic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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