phoenicoptern.

Brit.

/ˈfiːnᵻkɒptə/, U.S.

/ˈfinəˌkɑptər/

Forms: 1500s phenocapterie (irregular), 1600s 1800s– phoenicopter, 1700s–1800s phenicoptere.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French phœnicoptère; Latin phoenīcopterus.

Etymology: < French phœnicoptère, phénicoptère (1520 in Middle French) or its etymon classical Latin phoenīcopterus flamingo (Pliny) < ancient Greek ϕοινικόπτερος , literally ‘red-feathered’ < ϕοινικ- , ϕοῖνιξ dark red (see Phoenician n. and adj.) + -πτερος (see -pterous comb. form). Compare Spanish †fenicóptero (1587, rare), Italian fenicottero (14th cent.).

Now archaic and poetic.

A flamingo.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Phoenicopteridae (flamingo)

phoenicopter1570

flamingo1589

passer-flamingo1610

flaman1706

fleming1708

red flamingo1785

red flammant1785

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 83/2 Some daies his [sc. Heliogabalus] companye was serued at meale with..a straunge fowle called Phenocapterie.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. vii. The fowle which they [sc. the Romans] specially hunted after and most delighted in, were Phœnicopters, Peacockes, Thrushes and Pigeons.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxxvii. 169 Flamans, which are phœnicopters, or crimson-winged sea-fowles.

1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 79 Their Lucrinian Oysters, their Phœnicopters, and the like.

1722 H. Curzon Universal Lib. (ed. 2) I. 446 The Pœnicopter (so called from his Scarlet Wings).

a1750 J. Mottley Hist. & Surv. Cities London & Westm. (1753) I. 117/1 The Phœnicopter; there are many of them in Peru, and in Winter in France.

1817 W. Gifford tr. Juvenal Satires II. xi. 77 Large sow-paps of elm, and boar, and hare, And phoenicopter, and pygargus rare.

1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome lvi. 452 It was for their rarity only that peacocks and nightingales and the tongues and brains of phœnicopters (possibly flamingoes) could be regarded as delicacies.

1957 R. Campbell Coll. Poems II. 122 While the Fauna turns to Flora in the hurricane aurora that the phoenicopters make.

2002 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 18 Aug. (Features section) 54 I am never happier than up to my oxters in roasted phoenicopters and the milky guts of lampreys.

Derivatives

† phoenicopterid n. Ornithology Obsolete rare a bird of the family Phoenicopteridae; a flamingo.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Phœnic- Phœnicopterid, n.

† phoenicopteroid adj. Ornithology Obsolete rare of the nature of or resembling a flamingo.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. 4449/3 Phœnicopteroid, of or resembling the Phœnicopteroideæ.

† phoenicopterous adj. Obsolete rare (a) Entomology having red wings; (b) Ornithology relating to or resembling a flamingo.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 944/2 Phœnicopterus, having red wings..: phenicopterous.

1890 Cent. Dict. 4449/3 Phœnicopterous, having red wings, as a flamingo; relating to the genus Phœnicopterus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phoenicopter
释义	phoenicoptern. Brit. /ˈfiːnᵻkɒptə/, U.S. /ˈfinəˌkɑptər/ Forms: 1500s phenocapterie (irregular), 1600s 1800s– phoenicopter, 1700s–1800s phenicoptere. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French phœnicoptère; Latin phoenīcopterus. Etymology: < French phœnicoptère, phénicoptère (1520 in Middle French) or its etymon classical Latin phoenīcopterus flamingo (Pliny) < ancient Greek ϕοινικόπτερος , literally ‘red-feathered’ < ϕοινικ- , ϕοῖνιξ dark red (see Phoenician n. and adj.) + -πτερος (see -pterous comb. form). Compare Spanish †fenicóptero (1587, rare), Italian fenicottero (14th cent.). Now archaic and poetic. A flamingo. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Phoenicopteridae (flamingo) phoenicopter1570 flamingo1589 passer-flamingo1610 flaman1706 fleming1708 red flamingo1785 red flammant1785 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 83/2 Some daies his [sc. Heliogabalus] companye was serued at meale with..a straunge fowle called Phenocapterie. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. vii. The fowle which they [sc. the Romans] specially hunted after and most delighted in, were Phœnicopters, Peacockes, Thrushes and Pigeons. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxxvii. 169 Flamans, which are phœnicopters, or crimson-winged sea-fowles. 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 79 Their Lucrinian Oysters, their Phœnicopters, and the like. 1722 H. Curzon Universal Lib. (ed. 2) I. 446 The Pœnicopter (so called from his Scarlet Wings). a1750 J. Mottley Hist. & Surv. Cities London & Westm. (1753) I. 117/1 The Phœnicopter; there are many of them in Peru, and in Winter in France. 1817 W. Gifford tr. Juvenal Satires II. xi. 77 Large sow-paps of elm, and boar, and hare, And phoenicopter, and pygargus rare. 1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome lvi. 452 It was for their rarity only that peacocks and nightingales and the tongues and brains of phœnicopters (possibly flamingoes) could be regarded as delicacies. 1957 R. Campbell Coll. Poems II. 122 While the Fauna turns to Flora in the hurricane aurora that the phoenicopters make. 2002 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 18 Aug. (Features section) 54 I am never happier than up to my oxters in roasted phoenicopters and the milky guts of lampreys. Derivatives † phoenicopterid n. Ornithology Obsolete rare a bird of the family Phoenicopteridae; a flamingo.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Phœnic- Phœnicopterid, n. † phoenicopteroid adj. Ornithology Obsolete rare of the nature of or resembling a flamingo.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. 4449/3 Phœnicopteroid, of or resembling the Phœnicopteroideæ. † phoenicopterous adj. Obsolete rare (a) Entomology having red wings; (b) Ornithology relating to or resembling a flamingo.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 944/2 Phœnicopterus, having red wings..: phenicopterous. 1890 Cent. Dict. 4449/3 Phœnicopterous, having red wings, as a flamingo; relating to the genus Phœnicopterus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1570
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