单词 | pinc-pinc |
释义 | pinc-pincn. South African. Any of several small South African warblers of the family Sylviidae; esp. the cloud cisticola, Cisticola textrix. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Cisticola pinc-pincc1808 grass warbler1840 c1808 tr. J. F. Gmelin Linnaeus's Syst. Nat. Hist. (rev. ed.) VIII. 461 The Pinc-pinc. This is one of the smallest birds of Africa; in size and manners very like the wren..in continual motion,..uttering its note of pinc-pinc, pinc-pinc, pinc-pinc, the whole time. The children at the Cape call it the pinc-pinc from its note. 1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xii. 217 The Pinc-pinc of Africa..has a similar custom, constructing a supplementary roosting-place upon the nest. 1896 J. Wood in Scientific African Mar. 76 The obtrusive ‘pink-pinkje’ (D. Tetrix) was also there. 1901 A. C. Stark & W. L. Sclater Birds S. Afr. II. 147 The Pinc-pinc appears to be confined to the south western parts of the Colony. 1931 Guide to Vertebrate Fauna E. Cape Prov. (Albany Museum) I. 109 Cisticola ayresii..Little Pinc-pinc Warbler, Striped Grass-Warbler, Cloud Warbler. 1973 J. Cowden For Love 66 There are cisticolas that are: Fantail,..Moustache, Pinc-pinc, Zulu Reed,..right down to the Lazy Cisticola! 1984 D. B. Bosman et al. Bilingual Dict. 1087/1 Pinc-pinc, dirk-dirk, dirkdirkie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1808 |
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