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单词 band-tailed
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band-tailedadj.

Brit. /ˈbandteɪld/, U.S. /ˈbændˌteɪld/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: band n.2, tailed adj.1
Etymology: < band n.2 + tailed adj.1 Compare slightly later band-tail n.
Of a bird or other animal: having a tail marked with one or more bands or stripes. Cf. bar-tailed adj., banded adj. 3a.
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1823 E. James Acct. Exped. Rocky Mts II. vii. 199 This species..may be distinguished by the name of band-tailed pigeon.
a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXI. 270/1 L. Tæniaurus, Lacep.: Band-tailed Girelle.
1898 J. B. Holder Animate Creation V. 50 We come to another family of reptiles, called..Band-tailed Lizards, because the scales of the tail are arranged in regular series or rings.
1937 J. Grinnell et al. Fur-bearing Mammals Calif. I. 172 The animal has been called in California ‘civet-cat’, ‘coon cat’, ‘band-tailed cat’,..and ‘coon-fox’.
1994 R. S. Ridgely & G. Tudor Birds S. Amer. II. 729 A Band-tailed lek lies just behind the buildings at the Tambopata Reserve in se. Peru.
2001 J. Ferguson-Lees & D. A. Christie Raptors of World 622/1 White-necked Hawk... Other name: Band-tailed Mantled Hawk.

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band-tailed pigeon n. either of two New World pigeons of the genus Patagioenas (formerly Columba), having a dark band at the base of the tail: (a) P. fasciata, found from western North America to northern Argentina, which has a white neck collar and a black-tipped yellow bill; also called band-tail; cf. band-tail pigeon at band-tail n.; (b) (more fully Jamaican band-tailed pigeon) the ring-tailed pigeon, P. caribaea.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > miscellaneous types of
ringtail pigeona1705
band-tailed pigeon1823
band-tail1828
band-tailed dove1842
snow-pigeon1891
1823Band-tailed pigeon [see main sense].
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 385 Band-tailed Pigeon,..a bird of the Rocky Mountains,..is common in many parts of the West.
1946 Mazama Dec. 33/1 The band-tailed pigeon and the mountain beaver are two forms of wildlife that seem to prefer the west side.
1962 Condor 64 73 The Jamaican band-tailed pigeon has received the most inconsistent taxonomic treatment of any American pigeon.
1990 C. G. Sibley & B. L. Monroe Distribution & Taxon. Birds World 195/2 Columba caribaea Jacquin 784. Ring-tailed Pigeon... (Band-tailed/Jamaican Band-tailed Pigeon).
2006 C. Quinn Nature Guide Southwest Tahoe Basin 122 Band-tailed Pigeons winter as far south as Nicaragua, but have resident populations in the mountains of California and Mexico.
band-tailed dove n. now rare = band-tailed pigeon n. (a).
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > miscellaneous types of
ringtail pigeona1705
band-tailed pigeon1823
band-tail1828
band-tailed dove1842
snow-pigeon1891
1842 J. J. Audubon Birds Amer. IV. 312 (heading) Band-tailed dove, or pigeon.
1890 Ornithologist & Oölogist June (front matter) (advt.) New Skins... Plumed Quail. band-tailed Dove. Sabine's Grouse.
2001 J. G. Brown Audubon's Watch 17 The sooty tern, the band-tailed dove, the Louisiana heron.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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