mousebirdn.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊsbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊsˌbərd/

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

Etymology: < mouse n. + bird n. In sense 1 after South African Dutch muisvogel , Afrikaans muisvoël muisvoël n.

1. Any of several small gregarious fruit-eating birds of the African genera Colius and Urocolius (together constituting the family Coliidae and order Coliiformes), with soft hairlike plumage of a predominantly dull brown or grey colour, a crest, and a long tail. Frequently with distinguishing word. Also called coly.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > [noun] > member of genus Colius (mouse-bird)

muisvoël?a1808

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c1808 tr. J. F. Gmelin Linnaeus's Syst. Nat. Hist. (rev. ed.) VIII. 384 The colies live upon fruits only... At the Cape they are called muys-voogel, mouse-bird, their plumage being soft and silky.

1856 R. E. E. Wilmot Diary (1984) 131 Also may be noticed..the sombre crests and long tails of the small mouse birds which throng the protea and mimosa bushes.

1913 Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 17 221 (heading) Sarcocystis colii, n. sp., a Sarcosporidian occurring in the red-faced African mouse bird.

1963 M. Kavanagh We Merry Peasants 135 Mouse birds are finishing off the last of the berries on the syringa tree branches.

1994 I. Sinclair Field Guide Birds Southern Afr. (ed. 3) 174 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus... Distinguished from Whitebacked and Redfaced mousebirds by drabber brown coloration and black face.

2. U.S. The loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, which preys on small rodents. Now rare.

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1857 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1856: Agric. 87 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (34th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 65, Pt. 4) XVI The Southern shrike, (Lanius ludovicianus),..breeds largely in the prairie districts [of Illinois]... Its destruction of arvicolae in summer..has gained for it the name of ‘Mouse Bird’.

1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 101 The White-rumped Shrike, or Mouse-bird (Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides)..is found in the arid districts of western North America.

†3. A whydah of the genus Vidua. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Mouse n. Mouse-bird, a whidah-bird (genus Vidua).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mousebird
释义	mousebirdn. Brit. /ˈmaʊsbəːd/, U.S. /ˈmaʊsˌbərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouse n., bird n. Etymology: < mouse n. + bird n. In sense 1 after South African Dutch muisvogel , Afrikaans muisvoël muisvoël n. 1. Any of several small gregarious fruit-eating birds of the African genera Colius and Urocolius (together constituting the family Coliidae and order Coliiformes), with soft hairlike plumage of a predominantly dull brown or grey colour, a crest, and a long tail. Frequently with distinguishing word. Also called coly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > [noun] > member of genus Colius (mouse-bird) muisvoël?a1808 mousebirdc1808 c1808 tr. J. F. Gmelin Linnaeus's Syst. Nat. Hist. (rev. ed.) VIII. 384 The colies live upon fruits only... At the Cape they are called muys-voogel, mouse-bird, their plumage being soft and silky. 1856 R. E. E. Wilmot Diary (1984) 131 Also may be noticed..the sombre crests and long tails of the small mouse birds which throng the protea and mimosa bushes. 1913 Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 17 221 (heading) Sarcocystis colii, n. sp., a Sarcosporidian occurring in the red-faced African mouse bird. 1963 M. Kavanagh We Merry Peasants 135 Mouse birds are finishing off the last of the berries on the syringa tree branches. 1994 I. Sinclair Field Guide Birds Southern Afr. (ed. 3) 174 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus... Distinguished from Whitebacked and Redfaced mousebirds by drabber brown coloration and black face. 2. U.S. The loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, which preys on small rodents. Now rare. ΚΠ 1857 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1856: Agric. 87 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (34th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 65, Pt. 4) XVI The Southern shrike, (Lanius ludovicianus),..breeds largely in the prairie districts [of Illinois]... Its destruction of arvicolae in summer..has gained for it the name of ‘Mouse Bird’. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 101 The White-rumped Shrike, or Mouse-bird (Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides)..is found in the arid districts of western North America. †3. A whydah of the genus Vidua. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Mouse n. Mouse-bird, a whidah-bird (genus Vidua). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1808
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