bar-tailedadj.

/ˈbɑːteɪld/

Etymology: < bar n.¹ + tailed adj.¹

Ornithology.

Used in bird names to denote birds whose tail is marked with a horizontal band or bands of contrasting colours.

a. bar-tailed godwit n. a godwit, Limosa lapponica, with a black and white barred tail and a slightly upturned bill, which breeds in the Eurasian and Alaskan tundra and winters in Europe, Africa, south-east Asia, and Australasia.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Limosa (godwit) > limosa lapponica (bar-tailed godwit)

preen1548

yarwhelp1577

pick1655

stone plover1678

red-breasted godwit1747

red godwit1768

strand plover1772

bar-tailed godwit1828

kuaka1873

1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals 107 Bar-tailed Godwit.—All the tail-feathers with black and white bands.

1940 H. F. Witherby et al. Handbk. Brit. Birds IV. 155 The bar-tailed godwit... In breeding season frequents both open swampy tundra beyond tree-limit and heathy tracts with pools or swampy patches on outskirts of pine forest.

1992 Nat. World Winter 13/3 In a typical January there are about one and a half million waders here coming from breeding-grounds spread far around the Arctic Circle... The 72,000 bar-tailed godwits are from Russia.

b. bar-tailed lark n. (more fully bar-tailed desert lark) a small lark of North Africa and the Middle East, Ammonanes cincturus, which has a black end to its tail.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Alaudidae > other types of

short-toed lark1837

sand lark1867

sabota lark1884

bar-tailed lark1937

1937 M. Alston Wandering of a Bird-lover iii. 37 It was the rufous bartailed lark... It rose in the air some thirty feet, with rapid strokes of its little wings, and then slowly descended with an expiring whew-w-w-w.

1996 Guardian 24 Aug. (Weekend Suppl.) 37/3 ‘Look at that!’ he would exclaim, before launching into a forensically-accurate explanation of why we were watching the rare Dunn's lark, rather than its more common cousin, the bar-tailed desert lark.

c. bar-tailed pheasant n. Reeves' pheasant, Syrmaticus reevesi.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Syrmaticus > syrmaticus reevesi (Reeves's pheasant)

Reeves's pheasant1829

bar-tailed pheasant1906

1906 N.E.D. at Pheasant Bar-tailed pheasant.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	bar-tailed
释义	bar-tailedadj. /ˈbɑːteɪld/ Etymology: < bar n.¹ + tailed adj.¹ Ornithology. Used in bird names to denote birds whose tail is marked with a horizontal band or bands of contrasting colours. a. bar-tailed godwit n. a godwit, Limosa lapponica, with a black and white barred tail and a slightly upturned bill, which breeds in the Eurasian and Alaskan tundra and winters in Europe, Africa, south-east Asia, and Australasia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Limosa (godwit) > limosa lapponica (bar-tailed godwit) preen1548 yarwhelp1577 pick1655 stone plover1678 red-breasted godwit1747 red godwit1768 strand plover1772 bar-tailed godwit1828 bar-tailed godwit1828 kuaka1873 1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals 107 Bar-tailed Godwit.—All the tail-feathers with black and white bands. 1940 H. F. Witherby et al. Handbk. Brit. Birds IV. 155 The bar-tailed godwit... In breeding season frequents both open swampy tundra beyond tree-limit and heathy tracts with pools or swampy patches on outskirts of pine forest. 1992 Nat. World Winter 13/3 In a typical January there are about one and a half million waders here coming from breeding-grounds spread far around the Arctic Circle... The 72,000 bar-tailed godwits are from Russia. b. bar-tailed lark n. (more fully bar-tailed desert lark) a small lark of North Africa and the Middle East, Ammonanes cincturus, which has a black end to its tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Alaudidae > other types of short-toed lark1837 sand lark1867 sabota lark1884 bar-tailed lark1937 1937 M. Alston Wandering of a Bird-lover iii. 37 It was the rufous bartailed lark... It rose in the air some thirty feet, with rapid strokes of its little wings, and then slowly descended with an expiring whew-w-w-w. 1996 Guardian 24 Aug. (Weekend Suppl.) 37/3 ‘Look at that!’ he would exclaim, before launching into a forensically-accurate explanation of why we were watching the rare Dunn's lark, rather than its more common cousin, the bar-tailed desert lark. c. bar-tailed pheasant n. Reeves' pheasant, Syrmaticus reevesi. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Syrmaticus > syrmaticus reevesi (Reeves's pheasant) Reeves's pheasant1829 bar-tailed pheasant1906 1906 N.E.D. at Pheasant Bar-tailed pheasant. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1828
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