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单词 meggie
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Meggien.

Brit. /ˈmɛɡi/, U.S. /ˈmɛɡi/, Scottish English /ˈmɛɡɪ/
Forms: 1800s– Meggie, 1800s– Meggy. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Meggie.
Etymology: < Meggie, pet form of the female forename Margaret (see Margaret n.; compare -y suffix6). Compare maggie n., Meg n.1
Scottish and English regional (northern).
1. Meggie-many-feet n. (also Meggie-many-legs and variants) a centipede or millipede; (rarely) another animal with many legs, as a crab or lobster. Cf. Meg-many-feet n. at Meg n.1 3.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [noun]
maggie-many-feet1784
Meggie-many-feet1825
Myriapoda1828
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Meggy-Monyfeet, the centipede.
1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. N. Country Words (ed. 2) in Eng. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) Meggy-Monny-Legs, a lively insect often seen on garden walks—millepes.
1848 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (1849) 327 Some of these [Myriapods] are more popularly known as ‘Meggy-mony-feet’.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Meggy-monyfeet, the chocolate-coloured centipede. The form is also meg-o'-many-feet.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 209 Meggie Monyfeet, the centipede.
2. Meggie-lickie-spinnie n. (also Meggie-spinnie) a spider. Meggie-web n. a spider's web; gossamer.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > member of (spider)
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weaver1825
araneidan1835
Meggie-lickie-spinnie1849
silk-spinner1868
orbitele1890
1849 Montrose Standard 2 Nov. 8 Ye meggie-lickie-spinnie tow! Ye upsettin' gameramus, 'at wud daur to insult an auld man.
c1914 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) at Meg n. [East Dumfries] Meggie-wob.
1927 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) at Meg n. [Banff.] Meggie-spinnie.
1962 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) at Meg n. [Banff.] Meggie-spinnie.
1962 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) at Meg n. [Kirkcudbright] Meggie-wob.
1975 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. I. 317 Spider, [Dumfries] Meggie.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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