monkey-birdn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋkɪˌbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈməŋkiˌbərd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., bird n.

Etymology: < monkey n. + bird n.

A bird likened to a monkey in some way, esp. in respect of its call; (formerly) (South African) the red-billed or green wood-hoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus (also called kakelaar).

ΚΠ

1848 R. H. Schomburgk Hist. Barbados 681 Vireo olivacea Wilson. The Monkey Bird.

1908 East London Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 4 Dec. 4 Here about it is sometimes referred to as the monkey-bird because of a resemblance in its cries to the explosive barking of the black-faced monkey.

1937 M. Alston Wanderings of Bird-lover in Afr. 223 The noisy red-billed hoopoes..well deserve the name of either ‘kakelaars’ or ‘monkey-birds’.

1992 E. Hoagland in Balancing Acts 178 The king vulture is called ‘King John Crow’; the screech owl, the ‘monkey bird’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monkey-bird
释义	monkey-birdn. Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪˌbəːd/, U.S. /ˈməŋkiˌbərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., bird n. Etymology: < monkey n. + bird n. A bird likened to a monkey in some way, esp. in respect of its call; (formerly) (South African) the red-billed or green wood-hoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus (also called kakelaar). ΚΠ 1848 R. H. Schomburgk Hist. Barbados 681 Vireo olivacea Wilson. The Monkey Bird. 1908 East London Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 4 Dec. 4 Here about it is sometimes referred to as the monkey-bird because of a resemblance in its cries to the explosive barking of the black-faced monkey. 1937 M. Alston Wanderings of Bird-lover in Afr. 223 The noisy red-billed hoopoes..well deserve the name of either ‘kakelaars’ or ‘monkey-birds’. 1992 E. Hoagland in Balancing Acts 178 The king vulture is called ‘King John Crow’; the screech owl, the ‘monkey bird’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848
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