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单词 moll-heron
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moll-heronn.

Brit. /ˈmɒlˌhɛrən/, /ˈmɒlˌhɛrn̩/, U.S. /ˈmɑlˌhɛr(ə)n/
Forms: 1800s molhern, 1800s moll-yern, 1800s– mollern, 1800s– moll 'ern, 1800s– moll-hern, 1800s– moll-heron, 1800s– mollyarn, 1800s– mollyern, 1800s– molly-hern, 1800s– molly-heron, 1900s– mollerne.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moll n.2, heron n.
Etymology: < moll n.2 + heron n.Forms mollyarn and mollyern probably reflect a rising diphthong in the second syllable; forms molly-hern and molly-heron perhaps show subsequent remodelling after Molly , pet form of the female forename Mary (see molly n.1).
English regional (west midlands and southern).
The grey heron, Ardea cinerea.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Ardea (heron)
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heronshaw1381
herle?1507
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frog-pecker1825
moll-heron1848
1848 Zoologist 6 2191 Herons are not only very commonly called ‘cranes’..but also ‘moll-herons’, or rather ‘moll-yerns’.
1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate iv. 78 A moll ern flod away.
1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise v. 98 Like a moll heron, all legs and wings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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