oxybirdn.
/ˈɒksɪbəːd/, U.S. /ˈɑksiˌbərd/ English regional. Now rare.
= oxbird n.
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stint1519
dunlin1531
oxbirda1547
sea-lark1602
purre1611
ox-eye1612
jack snipe1664
spar1668
pickerel1684
sand laverock1694
sandy laverock1710
sea-snipe1767
plover's page1771
sand lark1771
red-back1813
red-backed sandpiper1813
ebb-sleeper1837
oxybird1887
simpleton1890
plover's provider1892
sand-runner1894
1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 112 Oxbird, the common dunlin... Called Oxybird in Sheppy.
1887 F. Cowper Caedwalla (1888) 87 The tide was nearly low, and a flock of oxy birds were settled on the mud-banks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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