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单词 qua-bird
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qua-birdn.

Brit. /ˈkwɑːbəːd/, /ˈkwɔːbəːd/, U.S. /ˈkwɑˌbərd/, /ˈkwɔˌbərd/
Forms: 1700s quaw-bird, 1700s– qua-bird.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English qua , bird n.
Etymology: < qua, imitative of the bird's call + bird n. Compare later quawk n.
U.S.
A night heron; esp. the black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax. Cf. quawk n. 1.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Nycticorax (night-heron)
Nycticorax1688
shitepoke1775
Quaker1776
night heron1785
qua-bird1792
mudpoke1809
quawk1844
nankeen crane1872
squawk1872
1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) ii. x. 291 A. clamator, corpore subcæruleo; the quaw bird, or frogcatcher.
1799 B. S. Barton Fragments Nat. Hist. Pennsylvania 3/2 Night-Heron. (Qua-Bird).
1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 471 The Night Heron or Qua Bird..is found in both the old and new world.
1855 W. Whitman in L. Untermeyer Poetry & Prose of Walt Whitman (1949) 490 Water-pheasant and qua-bird and pied-sheldrake.
1890 E. Gosse Life P. H. Gosse 115 Thompson's Point, the former residence of the night-heron or qua-bird.
1917 Birds of Amer. I. 194 Black-crowned Night Heron. Nycticorax nycticorax nævius... [Also called] American Night Heron; Qua-bird; Quawk.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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