pikan.¹

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪkə/,

/ˈpiːkə/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪkə/,

/ˈpikə/

Forms: 1800s pica, 1800s– pika.

Origin: A borrowing from Evenki. Etymon: Evenki piika.

Etymology: < Evenki piika.

Any of various small rabbit-like mammals constituting the genus Ochotona and family Ochotonidae (order Lagomorpha), having short, rounded ears, reddish-brown or grey fur, and a very small tail, and found in the mountains and deserts of western North America and north-east and central Asia. Also called calling hare, mouse-hare, rock rabbit, etc.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > ochotona princeps (pika)

pika1827

little chief hare1828

piping hare1877

rock rabbit1962

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom III. 223 The pika is an inhabitant of the highest mountains of the extreme North of Europe and Asia.

1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 163 The most obvious peculiarity of these pikas is their voice, from which they have acquired their trivial name.

1858 J. Palliser Jrnl. 16 Aug. in I. M. Spry Papers of Palliser Exped. 1857–60 (1968) 294 I also heard the squeaking note of the little Pica or tailless hare.

1925 B. Beetham in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 173 Our ponies were off after them in a mad gallop down the nullah side, heedless of rocks and pika burrows.

1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies iv. 36 Pikas feed on grass and the many varieties of small Alpine plants.

1991 Alaska Apr. 15/1 Early accounts of touring made reference to seeing Mackenzie snowshoe rabbits and conys, which we know today as, respectively, snowshoe hares and pikas.

Compounds

† pika-squirrel n. Obsolete rare = chinchilla n. 1.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Chinchillidae (chinchilla)

chinchilla1604

pika-squirrel1884

1884 Standard Nat. Hist. V. 86 If the foregoing [species of Lagidium] be called rabbit-squirrels, the Chinchilla itself (C. lanigera) may be termed a pika-squirrel.

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

pikan.²

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪkə/

Forms: 1900s– pika, 1900s– piker.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.

rare.

In Guyana and Trinidad: a plover or sandpiper.Bond (quots. 1936¹) omits pika from the equivalent lists in his second edition of 1947.

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1922 Bull. Dept. Agric. Trinidad & Tobago 20 180 Totanus melanoleucus. Gmel. Greater Yellow Legs or Pika. Leotaud No. 237.

1936 J. Bond Birds W. Indies 101 South American Ring Plover (Charadrius collaris)... Little Ploward; Nit; Pika; Snipe.

1936 J. Bond Birds W. Indies 102 Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)... Snipe; Little Ploward; Nit; Pika.

1958 J. Carew Black Midas x. 200 I saw curlews and pikers..flying low over a rim of amber foam.

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

单词	pika
释义	pikan.¹ Brit. /ˈpʌɪkə/, /ˈpiːkə/, U.S. /ˈpaɪkə/, /ˈpikə/ Forms: 1800s pica, 1800s– pika. Origin: A borrowing from Evenki. Etymon: Evenki piika. Etymology: < Evenki piika. Any of various small rabbit-like mammals constituting the genus Ochotona and family Ochotonidae (order Lagomorpha), having short, rounded ears, reddish-brown or grey fur, and a very small tail, and found in the mountains and deserts of western North America and north-east and central Asia. Also called calling hare, mouse-hare, rock rabbit, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > ochotona princeps (pika) pika1827 little chief hare1828 piping hare1877 rock rabbit1962 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom III. 223 The pika is an inhabitant of the highest mountains of the extreme North of Europe and Asia. 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 163 The most obvious peculiarity of these pikas is their voice, from which they have acquired their trivial name. 1858 J. Palliser Jrnl. 16 Aug. in I. M. Spry Papers of Palliser Exped. 1857–60 (1968) 294 I also heard the squeaking note of the little Pica or tailless hare. 1925 B. Beetham in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 173 Our ponies were off after them in a mad gallop down the nullah side, heedless of rocks and pika burrows. 1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies iv. 36 Pikas feed on grass and the many varieties of small Alpine plants. 1991 Alaska Apr. 15/1 Early accounts of touring made reference to seeing Mackenzie snowshoe rabbits and conys, which we know today as, respectively, snowshoe hares and pikas. Compounds † pika-squirrel n. Obsolete rare = chinchilla n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Chinchillidae (chinchilla) chinchilla1604 pika-squirrel1884 1884 Standard Nat. Hist. V. 86 If the foregoing [species of Lagidium] be called rabbit-squirrels, the Chinchilla itself (C. lanigera) may be termed a pika-squirrel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pikan.² Brit. /ˈpʌɪkə/, U.S. /ˈpaɪkə/ Forms: 1900s– pika, 1900s– piker. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. rare. In Guyana and Trinidad: a plover or sandpiper.Bond (quots. 1936¹) omits pika from the equivalent lists in his second edition of 1947. ΚΠ 1922 Bull. Dept. Agric. Trinidad & Tobago 20 180 Totanus melanoleucus. Gmel. Greater Yellow Legs or Pika. Leotaud No. 237. 1936 J. Bond Birds W. Indies 101 South American Ring Plover (Charadrius collaris)... Little Ploward; Nit; Pika; Snipe. 1936 J. Bond Birds W. Indies 102 Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)... Snipe; Little Ploward; Nit; Pika. 1958 J. Carew Black Midas x. 200 I saw curlews and pikers..flying low over a rim of amber foam. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1827n.²1922
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