melba finchn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛlbə fɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛlbə ˌfɪn(t)ʃ/, West African English

/ˌmɛlba ˈfin(t)ʃ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin melba , finch n.

Etymology: < scientific Latin melba, specific name ( Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 180), of unknown origin + finch n.

A small West African songbird, Pytilia melba (family Estrildidae), the male of which has a bright red face and tail, and a yellow breast. Also called green-winged pytilia.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > miscellaneous types of

firefinch1783

redhead1816

firetail1845

fire-tailed finch1845

zebra finch1868

magpie finch1869

cut-throat finch1872

melba finch1876

zebra1879

bluebill1955

1876 Proc. Zool. Soc. 29 Sept. 836 2 West-African Melba Finches (Pytelia citerior).

1953 D. A. Bannerman Birds West & Equatorial Afr. II. 1468 The Melba Finch is a small bird..which attracts attention by the broad crimson tail.

1968 R. D. Martin tr. W. Wickler Mimicry in Plants & Animals xv. 198 The males of the narrow-tailed paradise widow-bird..utter the whistling strophes of the melba finch Pytilia melba.

1988 E. W. Brown Interval in Afr. iii. 181 The other afternoon we looked at the bird bath and there were sixteen Melba Finch in there at once.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	melba finch
释义	melba finchn. Brit. /ˈmɛlbə fɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˈmɛlbə ˌfɪn(t)ʃ/, West African English /ˌmɛlba ˈfin(t)ʃ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin melba , finch n. Etymology: < scientific Latin melba, specific name ( Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 180), of unknown origin + finch n. A small West African songbird, Pytilia melba (family Estrildidae), the male of which has a bright red face and tail, and a yellow breast. Also called green-winged pytilia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > miscellaneous types of firefinch1783 redhead1816 firetail1845 fire-tailed finch1845 zebra finch1868 magpie finch1869 cut-throat finch1872 melba finch1876 zebra1879 bluebill1955 1876 Proc. Zool. Soc. 29 Sept. 836 2 West-African Melba Finches (Pytelia citerior). 1953 D. A. Bannerman Birds West & Equatorial Afr. II. 1468 The Melba Finch is a small bird..which attracts attention by the broad crimson tail. 1968 R. D. Martin tr. W. Wickler Mimicry in Plants & Animals xv. 198 The males of the narrow-tailed paradise widow-bird..utter the whistling strophes of the melba finch Pytilia melba. 1988 E. W. Brown Interval in Afr. iii. 181 The other afternoon we looked at the bird bath and there were sixteen Melba Finch in there at once. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1876
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