Nycticoraxn.

Brit.

/nɪkˈtɪkəraks/, U.S.

/ˌnɪkˈtɪkəˌræks/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nycticorax.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nycticorax nocturnal bird, night-owl or night-raven (late 4th cent.; from 7th cent. in British sources) < ancient Greek νυκτικόραξ long-eared owl < νυκτι- nycti- comb. form + κόραξ raven (see coraco- comb. form). Compare French nycticorax (1754).For the Old English and Middle English renderings of post-classical Latin nycticorax , see night-crow n. and night-raven n. The association of the name with the night heron arises from the bird's call, a croak similar to that of the raven (compare quawk n.), and its nocturnal habit. Post-classical Latin nycticorax was in use as a scientific name for this bird by 1676 (F. Willughby Ornithol. 205); its taxonomic validity derives from its publication as a genus name by P. H. G. Moehring in Geslachten der Vogelen (1758), after earlier use as a specific name (in the genus Ardea) by Linnaeus in Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758).

Now Zoology.

A genus comprising the typical night herons. Also formerly (in form nycticorax): a bird of this genus.

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Nycticorax1688

shitepoke1775

Quaker1776

night heron1785

qua-bird1792

mudpoke1809

quawk1844

nankeen crane1872

squawk1872

c1534 Image of Ypocresye iv, in Ballads (1868) 254 Ffrier vorax And ffrier nycticorax, ffryer lapax.]

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 255/1 He beareth Argent, a Nycticorax his Head couped Sable.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Nycticorax, in zoology, the name of a bird called in English the night raven. It is of the heron kind.

1838 M. Russell Hist. Egypt (1853) V. 148 The image..of a nycticorax..[became] the sign of M.

1877 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 6 403 They [sc. the inhabitants of the Admiralty Islands] also catch or kill pigeons, and the night heron (Nycticorax).

1961 O. L. Austin Birds of World 53/1 Far better known are the five night herons of the Nycticorax group.

1986 Science 12 Sept. 1203/1 At least two species of herons..occur in the Fayum deposits, one of which is inseparable from the modern genus of night herons Nycticorax.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nycticorax
释义	Nycticoraxn. Brit. /nɪkˈtɪkəraks/, U.S. /ˌnɪkˈtɪkəˌræks/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nycticorax. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nycticorax nocturnal bird, night-owl or night-raven (late 4th cent.; from 7th cent. in British sources) < ancient Greek νυκτικόραξ long-eared owl < νυκτι- nycti- comb. form + κόραξ raven (see coraco- comb. form). Compare French nycticorax (1754).For the Old English and Middle English renderings of post-classical Latin nycticorax , see night-crow n. and night-raven n. The association of the name with the night heron arises from the bird's call, a croak similar to that of the raven (compare quawk n.), and its nocturnal habit. Post-classical Latin nycticorax was in use as a scientific name for this bird by 1676 (F. Willughby Ornithol. 205); its taxonomic validity derives from its publication as a genus name by P. H. G. Moehring in Geslachten der Vogelen (1758), after earlier use as a specific name (in the genus Ardea) by Linnaeus in Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758). Now Zoology. A genus comprising the typical night herons. Also formerly (in form nycticorax): a bird of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Nycticorax (night-heron) Nycticorax1688 shitepoke1775 Quaker1776 night heron1785 qua-bird1792 mudpoke1809 quawk1844 nankeen crane1872 squawk1872 c1534 Image of Ypocresye iv, in Ballads (1868) 254 Ffrier vorax And ffrier nycticorax, ffryer lapax.] 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 255/1 He beareth Argent, a Nycticorax his Head couped Sable. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Nycticorax, in zoology, the name of a bird called in English the night raven. It is of the heron kind. 1838 M. Russell Hist. Egypt (1853) V. 148 The image..of a nycticorax..[became] the sign of M. 1877 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 6 403 They [sc. the inhabitants of the Admiralty Islands] also catch or kill pigeons, and the night heron (Nycticorax). 1961 O. L. Austin Birds of World 53/1 Far better known are the five night herons of the Nycticorax group. 1986 Science 12 Sept. 1203/1 At least two species of herons..occur in the Fayum deposits, one of which is inseparable from the modern genus of night herons Nycticorax. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1688
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