parrotbilln.

Brit.

/ˈparətbɪl/, U.S.

/ˈpɛrətˌbɪl/

Forms:

α. 1500s parates bille, 1600s parrots bill, 1800s– parrot's bill.

β. 1800s– parrotbill.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: parrot n.¹, bill n.²

Etymology: < parrot n.¹ + bill n.² In α. forms < the genitive of parrot n.¹ + bill n.² In sense 3 after Maori ngutukaka ( < ngutu beak, bill + kaka parrot): compare parrotbeak n. 1.

1. A tool or implement that resembles or is likened to a parrot's bill; spec. †(a) a kind of surgical forceps (obsolete); (b) a war hammer with a point like a parrot's beak (historical rare); (c) a pair of secateurs, shears, etc., whose blades resemble a parrot's beak. Frequently attributive. Cf. parrotbeak n. 3.Sense 1(b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > forceps

tenaclesc1400

tongsc1425

raven's bill1446

parrotbill1598

duck's bill1601

swan's bill1631

forceps1634

beaks1656

volsella1684

tenaculum1693

rostrum1722

crane's-bill1753

porte-aiguille1830

volsellum1851

vulsellum1863

iris-forceps1874

speculum forceps1875

bulldog forceps1880

society > occupation and work > equipment > pliers and nippers > [noun] > types of

bender1496

wire pliers1675

wire-cutter1794

side nippers1846

long-nose pliers1872

hawkbill1875

flat pliers1881

parrotbill1971

burr-nipper-

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. lf. xv b/2 The pinsers which are callede ‘parates billes’ [Fr. Dauier, Du. Papegaeyenbeck].

1631 H. Crooke Explan. Instr. Chirurg. 41 Those instruments framed to draw out bullets..out of wounds..are almost all called by one generall name, Bills or Beakes, as the Crowes Bill, the Cranes Bill, the Drakes Bill, the Parrots Bill, and the Swans Bill.

1870 J. Duval Adv. Big-foot Wallace 263 A genteel-looking chap with a parrot-bill mask on, came up to me.

1890 Cent. Dict. Parrot-bill, a form of the martel-de-fer, similar to the falcon-bill.

1929 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 2 307 She never goes swimming unless she can dress in private and wear shoes while swimming, for fear some one may see the ‘parrot-bill toe’.

1971 Power Farming Mar. 46/4 Stem cutting... parrot bill shears may be used.

1972 Country Life 23 Mar. 690/3 After this major excitement a willow lapses into hum-drummery and can be lopped with the parrot-bill.

2000 Independent 8 Jan. ii. 13/1 (heading) Ratchet, bypass, anvil, parrot-bill—there is a dizzying range of choice for the secateur buyer.

2. Any of various birds with thick parrot-like bills; spec. (a) an auk (cf. parrot n.¹ 3, parrotbeak n. 2) (U.S. regional, now rare); (b) any of several tit-like, chiefly Asiatic, songbirds constituting the family Paradoxornithidae (or Panuridae), allied to the babblers and having brown or grey plumage; (c) (in full Maui parrotbill) a Hawaiian honeycreeper, Pseudonestor xanthophrys (family Drepanididae), with olive-green and yellow plumage.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > member of (auk)

marrot1647

auk1673

parrotbill1778

alcid1885

puffin1885

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Paradoxornithidae

parrotbill1778

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Drepanididae (honey-creeper)

parrotbill1778

iiwi1784

honeycreeper1872

ou1887

Laysan finch1893

1778 C. Blagden Let. 12 Sept. in Bull. N.Y. Publ. Libr. (1903) 7 427 N^o 22 (A bird) The Alea [recte Alca] torda, called here Parrot-Bill or Noddy, but most commonly the Murr, I imagine from its harsh jarring cry.

1955 Amer. Speech 30 182 The bill suggesting that of a parrot has resulted in the cognomens parrot-bill mure (common puffin, New Brunswick), and parrot hawk (sparrow hawk, N.J.).

1956 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 40 79 [Rhode Island.] Razor-billed Auk... Noddy, Parrot-bill.

1958 E. T. Gillard Living Birds of World 328/1 Parrotbills or Suthoras (Paradoxornithidae).

1983 Science 3 June 1002 Protection of these upland forests (home of the Maui parrotbill, crested honeycreeper, Maui nukupuu, and Maui akepa) will protect hundreds of other species.

1991 Aloha Apr. 19/3 Flashing about, spotted doves, ‘i‘iwi, parrotbills, cardinals.

1996 Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 44 217 The most important populations of Key Species..at a global level are Short-tailed Parrotbill Paradoxornis davidianus, [etc.].

2001 Condor 103 746 Adult male Maui Parrotbill defended year-round home ranges.

3. The kaka-beak, Clianthus puniceus (family Papilionaceae), a New Zealand shrub with bright red beak-like flowers. Usually in form parrot's bill. Cf. parrotbeak n. 1.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian

banksia1787

waratah1793

honeysuckle1803

pinkwood1824

honeysuckle tree1825

rose1825

blue bush1828

dogwood1828

parrotbill1829

tulip-tree1830

whitebeard1832

swamp-oak1833

bauera1835

mungitec1837

bottlebrush1839

clianthus1841

glory-pea1848

boronia1852

koromiko1855

pituri1861

Sturt's pea1865

scrub vine1866

pea-bush1867

cotton-bush1876

Australian honeysuckle1881

peach myrtle1882

saloop bush1884

naupaka1888

dog rose1896

native tulip1898

snow bush1909

wedding-bush1923

Hebe1961

mountain pepper1965

1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 1244 In New Zealand it is called kowain-gutukaka, or the parrot's bill.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 298 C. puniceus, called Parrot's-Bill..from the resemblance of the keeled petal to the bill of that bird.

1910 L. Cockayne N.Z. Plants 160 Then there is the parrotbill (Clianthus puniceus), which is related to Sturt's desert-pea of central Australia.

1974 S. Clapham Greenhouse Bk. xiv. 132 Clianthus Puniceus Parrot's Bill, an evergreen climber with bright red, pea-like flowers, may be grown either in the ground or in large pots, in rich soil over good drainage.

1997 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. (ed. 2) 164 C. puniceus..(parrot's bill) long cult. by Maoris.

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

单词	parrotbill
释义	parrotbilln. Brit. /ˈparətbɪl/, U.S. /ˈpɛrətˌbɪl/ Forms: α. 1500s parates bille, 1600s parrots bill, 1800s– parrot's bill. β. 1800s– parrotbill. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: parrot n.¹, bill n.² Etymology: < parrot n.¹ + bill n.² In α. forms < the genitive of parrot n.¹ + bill n.² In sense 3 after Maori ngutukaka ( < ngutu beak, bill + kaka parrot): compare parrotbeak n. 1. 1. A tool or implement that resembles or is likened to a parrot's bill; spec. †(a) a kind of surgical forceps (obsolete); (b) a war hammer with a point like a parrot's beak (historical rare); (c) a pair of secateurs, shears, etc., whose blades resemble a parrot's beak. Frequently attributive. Cf. parrotbeak n. 3.Sense 1(b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > forceps tenaclesc1400 tongsc1425 raven's bill1446 parrotbill1598 duck's bill1601 swan's bill1631 forceps1634 beaks1656 volsella1684 tenaculum1693 rostrum1722 crane's-bill1753 porte-aiguille1830 volsellum1851 vulsellum1863 iris-forceps1874 speculum forceps1875 bulldog forceps1880 society > occupation and work > equipment > pliers and nippers > [noun] > types of bender1496 wire pliers1675 wire-cutter1794 side nippers1846 long-nose pliers1872 hawkbill1875 flat pliers1881 parrotbill1971 burr-nipper- 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. lf. xv b/2 The pinsers which are callede ‘parates billes’ [Fr. Dauier, Du. Papegaeyenbeck]. 1631 H. Crooke Explan. Instr. Chirurg. 41 Those instruments framed to draw out bullets..out of wounds..are almost all called by one generall name, Bills or Beakes, as the Crowes Bill, the Cranes Bill, the Drakes Bill, the Parrots Bill, and the Swans Bill. 1870 J. Duval Adv. Big-foot Wallace 263 A genteel-looking chap with a parrot-bill mask on, came up to me. 1890 Cent. Dict. Parrot-bill, a form of the martel-de-fer, similar to the falcon-bill. 1929 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 2 307 She never goes swimming unless she can dress in private and wear shoes while swimming, for fear some one may see the ‘parrot-bill toe’. 1971 Power Farming Mar. 46/4 Stem cutting... parrot bill shears may be used. 1972 Country Life 23 Mar. 690/3 After this major excitement a willow lapses into hum-drummery and can be lopped with the parrot-bill. 2000 Independent 8 Jan. ii. 13/1 (heading) Ratchet, bypass, anvil, parrot-bill—there is a dizzying range of choice for the secateur buyer. 2. Any of various birds with thick parrot-like bills; spec. (a) an auk (cf. parrot n.¹ 3, parrotbeak n. 2) (U.S. regional, now rare); (b) any of several tit-like, chiefly Asiatic, songbirds constituting the family Paradoxornithidae (or Panuridae), allied to the babblers and having brown or grey plumage; (c) (in full Maui parrotbill) a Hawaiian honeycreeper, Pseudonestor xanthophrys (family Drepanididae), with olive-green and yellow plumage. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > member of (auk) marrot1647 auk1673 parrotbill1778 alcid1885 puffin1885 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Paradoxornithidae parrotbill1778 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Drepanididae (honey-creeper) parrotbill1778 iiwi1784 honeycreeper1872 ou1887 Laysan finch1893 1778 C. Blagden Let. 12 Sept. in Bull. N.Y. Publ. Libr. (1903) 7 427 N^o 22 (A bird) The Alea [recte Alca] torda, called here Parrot-Bill or Noddy, but most commonly the Murr, I imagine from its harsh jarring cry. 1955 Amer. Speech 30 182 The bill suggesting that of a parrot has resulted in the cognomens parrot-bill mure (common puffin, New Brunswick), and parrot hawk (sparrow hawk, N.J.). 1956 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 40 79 [Rhode Island.] Razor-billed Auk... Noddy, Parrot-bill. 1958 E. T. Gillard Living Birds of World 328/1 Parrotbills or Suthoras (Paradoxornithidae). 1983 Science 3 June 1002 Protection of these upland forests (home of the Maui parrotbill, crested honeycreeper, Maui nukupuu, and Maui akepa) will protect hundreds of other species. 1991 Aloha Apr. 19/3 Flashing about, spotted doves, ‘i‘iwi, parrotbills, cardinals. 1996 Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 44 217 The most important populations of Key Species..at a global level are Short-tailed Parrotbill Paradoxornis davidianus, [etc.]. 2001 Condor 103 746 Adult male Maui Parrotbill defended year-round home ranges. 3. The kaka-beak, Clianthus puniceus (family Papilionaceae), a New Zealand shrub with bright red beak-like flowers. Usually in form parrot's bill. Cf. parrotbeak n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian banksia1787 waratah1793 honeysuckle1803 pinkwood1824 honeysuckle tree1825 rose1825 blue bush1828 dogwood1828 parrotbill1829 tulip-tree1830 whitebeard1832 swamp-oak1833 bauera1835 mungitec1837 bottlebrush1839 clianthus1841 glory-pea1848 boronia1852 koromiko1855 pituri1861 Sturt's pea1865 scrub vine1866 pea-bush1867 cotton-bush1876 Australian honeysuckle1881 peach myrtle1882 saloop bush1884 naupaka1888 dog rose1896 native tulip1898 snow bush1909 wedding-bush1923 Hebe1961 mountain pepper1965 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 1244 In New Zealand it is called kowain-gutukaka, or the parrot's bill. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 298 C. puniceus, called Parrot's-Bill..from the resemblance of the keeled petal to the bill of that bird. 1910 L. Cockayne N.Z. Plants 160 Then there is the parrotbill (Clianthus puniceus), which is related to Sturt's desert-pea of central Australia. 1974 S. Clapham Greenhouse Bk. xiv. 132 Clianthus Puniceus Parrot's Bill, an evergreen climber with bright red, pea-like flowers, may be grown either in the ground or in large pots, in rich soil over good drainage. 1997 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. (ed. 2) 164 C. puniceus..(parrot's bill) long cult. by Maoris. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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