paddy birdn.

Brit.

/ˈpadɪ bəːd/, U.S.

/ˈpædiˌbərd/

Forms: see paddy n.¹ and bird n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: paddy n.¹, bird n.

Etymology: < paddy n.¹ + bird n. With sense 1 compare Dutch rijstvogel (1761), literally ‘rice bird’, denoting Lonchura oryzivora.

†1. The Java sparrow, Lonchura oryzivora (family Estrildidae). Cf. ricebird n. 2. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > genus Padda (Java sparrow)

rice sparrow1704

paddy bird1727

Java sparrow1743

ricebird1743

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xiv. 161 The Paddy-bird is also good in their Season.

1856 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. IV. 609 Rice-bird, one of the names of the Paddy Bird, Paddee Bird, or Java Sparrow.

2. In South Asia: an egret, a heron.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Egretta (miscellaneous)

gaulina1705

aigrette1772

blue heron1777

paddy1777

matuku1843

paddy bird1843

switching necka1869

1843 F. Bellew Mem. Griffin II. 74 I declared war against..the paddy birds..a sort of small crane, abounding in the rice-fields.

1846 Littell's Living Age 20 June 617/1 As our shouting at the elephants did not move them, we took my little rifle and began to crack at their friends the paddy birds.

1884 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 303/1 Multitudes of spirit-like white cranes, or paddy-birds, paddle about.

a1900 O. Wilde For Love of King (1922) iii. ii. 29 You shall have the form of the white paddy bird, because, though a woman and foolish as women ever are, you are very pure ivory.

1943 L. Mountbatten Jrnl. 14 Dec. (1988) 43 White paddy birds were unconcernedly taking the ticks off the backs of the buffaloes.

1968 S. Ali & S. D. Ripley Handbk. Birds India & Pakistan I. 63 Indian Pond Heron or Paddybird. Ardeola grayii grayii (Sykes).

1992 N. Bhattacharya Hem & Football ii. 20 She drew a paddy bird on her notebook and offered it real peanuts to peck at.

†3. The black-faced sheathbill, Chionis minor (family Chionididae), whose plumage resembles that of an egret. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Chionis (sheath bill)

sheath bill1781

kelp-pigeon1886

paddy bird1894

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 832 (note) The cognate species of Kerguelen Land is named by the sealers ‘Sore-eyed Pigeon’,..as well as ‘Paddy-bird’—the last perhaps from its white plumage resembling that of some of the smaller Egrets.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paddy bird
释义	paddy birdn. Brit. /ˈpadɪ bəːd/, U.S. /ˈpædiˌbərd/ Forms: see paddy n.¹ and bird n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: paddy n.¹, bird n. Etymology: < paddy n.¹ + bird n. With sense 1 compare Dutch rijstvogel (1761), literally ‘rice bird’, denoting Lonchura oryzivora. †1. The Java sparrow, Lonchura oryzivora (family Estrildidae). Cf. ricebird n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > genus Padda (Java sparrow) rice sparrow1704 paddy bird1727 Java sparrow1743 ricebird1743 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xiv. 161 The Paddy-bird is also good in their Season. 1856 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. IV. 609 Rice-bird, one of the names of the Paddy Bird, Paddee Bird, or Java Sparrow. 2. In South Asia: an egret, a heron. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Egretta (miscellaneous) gaulina1705 aigrette1772 blue heron1777 paddy1777 matuku1843 paddy bird1843 switching necka1869 1843 F. Bellew Mem. Griffin II. 74 I declared war against..the paddy birds..a sort of small crane, abounding in the rice-fields. 1846 Littell's Living Age 20 June 617/1 As our shouting at the elephants did not move them, we took my little rifle and began to crack at their friends the paddy birds. 1884 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 303/1 Multitudes of spirit-like white cranes, or paddy-birds, paddle about. a1900 O. Wilde For Love of King (1922) iii. ii. 29 You shall have the form of the white paddy bird, because, though a woman and foolish as women ever are, you are very pure ivory. 1943 L. Mountbatten Jrnl. 14 Dec. (1988) 43 White paddy birds were unconcernedly taking the ticks off the backs of the buffaloes. 1968 S. Ali & S. D. Ripley Handbk. Birds India & Pakistan I. 63 Indian Pond Heron or Paddybird. Ardeola grayii grayii (Sykes). 1992 N. Bhattacharya Hem & Football ii. 20 She drew a paddy bird on her notebook and offered it real peanuts to peck at. †3. The black-faced sheathbill, Chionis minor (family Chionididae), whose plumage resembles that of an egret. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Chionis (sheath bill) sheath bill1781 kelp-pigeon1886 paddy bird1894 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 832 (note) The cognate species of Kerguelen Land is named by the sealers ‘Sore-eyed Pigeon’,..as well as ‘Paddy-bird’—the last perhaps from its white plumage resembling that of some of the smaller Egrets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727
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