pickmiren.

Brit.

/ˈpɪkmʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈpɪkˌmaɪ(ə)r/, Scottish English

/ˈpɪkmaɪr/

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pickmaw n.

Etymology: Probably an alteration by folk etymology of pickmaw n., after pick- comb. form and mire n.¹ (compare quot. 1942). Compare mire crow n. at mire n.¹ Compounds 2.

Chiefly Scottish and English regional.

= pickmaw n. Also English regional (Cornwall): a tern (genus Sterna) (now rare).

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus ridibundus (black-headed gull)

pickmawa1525

peewit1678

pickmire1678

red-legged gull1785

black cap1802

pirr1818

red-leg1831

lapwing-gull1844

red-legged mew1862

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. vii. 19 Several sorts of Gull, viz. 1. Mire-crows... 2. Annets... 3. Pickmires, or Sea Swallows. 5. Terns.

a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 183 Mire crow, all White-bodied... Puets. Pick-Mire.

1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 226 (heading) Brown-Headed Gull. Red-Legged Gull, or Pickmire.

1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Gull—Black-headed Provincial [names]. Pickmire, Black-head, or Hooded-crow.

1885 C. Swainson Provincial Names Brit. Birds 209 Black-headed gull... Pick sea; Pictarn; Pickmire (Roxburgh).

1942 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 10 1003 English examples [of birds named from their feeding habits]: pickmire (black-headed gull); moth-hawk (night-jar).

1963 R. M. Nance Gloss. Cornish Sea-words 125 Pickmire, a tern.

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

单词	pickmire
释义	pickmiren. Brit. /ˈpɪkmʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈpɪkˌmaɪ(ə)r/, Scottish English /ˈpɪkmaɪr/ Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pickmaw n. Etymology: Probably an alteration by folk etymology of pickmaw n., after pick- comb. form and mire n.¹ (compare quot. 1942). Compare mire crow n. at mire n.¹ Compounds 2. Chiefly Scottish and English regional. = pickmaw n. Also English regional (Cornwall): a tern (genus Sterna) (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus ridibundus (black-headed gull) pickmawa1525 peewit1678 pickmire1678 red-legged gull1785 black cap1802 pirr1818 red-leg1831 lapwing-gull1844 red-legged mew1862 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. vii. 19 Several sorts of Gull, viz. 1. Mire-crows... 2. Annets... 3. Pickmires, or Sea Swallows. 5. Terns. a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 183 Mire crow, all White-bodied... Puets. Pick-Mire. 1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 226 (heading) Brown-Headed Gull. Red-Legged Gull, or Pickmire. 1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Gull—Black-headed Provincial [names]. Pickmire, Black-head, or Hooded-crow. 1885 C. Swainson Provincial Names Brit. Birds 209 Black-headed gull... Pick sea; Pictarn; Pickmire (Roxburgh). 1942 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 10 1003 English examples [of birds named from their feeding habits]: pickmire (black-headed gull); moth-hawk (night-jar). 1963 R. M. Nance Gloss. Cornish Sea-words 125 Pickmire, a tern. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678
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