razorbilln.

Brit.

/ˈreɪzəbɪl/, U.S.

/ˈreɪzərˌbɪl/

Forms: see razor n. and bill n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: razor n., bill n.²

Etymology: < razor n. + bill n.² Compare later razor-billed adj.With razorbill auk n. at Compounds compare earlier razor-billed auk n. at razor-billed adj. Compounds.

1. A black and white auk, Alca torda, which has a deep, narrow, almost rectangular bill and nests on coastal cliffs around the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > with particular type of edge

razorbilla1705

razor-billed1748

saw-billed1785

toothed-billed1841

tooth-billed1862

saw-beaked1869

serratirostral-

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > genus Alca > alca torda (razor-bill)

murre1578

scout1596

willock1606

falk1698

razorbilla1705

turr1794

sea-crow1813

razorbill auk1829

tinker1862

razorbill puffin1865

a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 183 The following Birds build on the Farn-Islands; Guillimets, Scouts or Razor Bills, Counternebs, [etc.].

1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 48 Alka Hoieri: Our People call it the Marrot, the Auk or Razor-Bill.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 137 Razor-bill... These birds, in company with the Guillemot, appear in our seas the beginning of February.

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. (at cited word) The Razor-bill is not seen with us in winter, but repairs to our rocky coasts in the spring.

1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea 40 The guillemots sitting in rows,..bolt upright, the manner of sitting common to the puffins and razor-bills.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 599 The razorbills prefer crevices and overhung nooks.

1968 J. K. Terres How Birds Fly xiii. 119 The black guillemot and razorbill live along the North Atlantic coast.

1990 H. Thurston Tidal Life 130/2 A congress of puffins..strikes deadpan poses and engages in histrionics, while the razorbills remain aloof.

2. U.S. The black skimmer, Rynchops niger. Also razorbill shearwater.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of genus Rhynchops > rhynchops nigra (black skimmer)

cutwater1733

razorbill1791

shear-bill1793

shearwater1794

scissor beak1833

scissorbill1833

1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 295 Rhynchops niger; the shearwater or razor bill.

1844 Nat. Hist. N.Y., Zool. ii. 297 [The] Razor-bill, Cutwater, Flood Gull,..for it is known under all these names, reaches our coast from Tropical America in May.

1877 Galaxy Apr. 502/2 The red-beaked oyster bird flew by, and close down to the sea skimmed the razor-bill shear-water.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 187/2 Other English names applied to it in America are ‘Razorbill’, ‘Scissorbill’, and ‘Shearwater’.

1969 R. J. Longstreet Birds in Florida (ed. 4) 70 Razorbill... The long thin bill, which is black with a red base, has a short upper mandible.

†3. English regional. The red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1863 J. R. Wise New Forest App. 312/2 Known to the fishermen at Christchurch as the ‘razorbill’.

Compounds

razorbill auk n. chiefly North American = sense 1; cf. razor-billed auk n. at razor-billed adj. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > genus Alca > alca torda (razor-bill)

murre1578

scout1596

willock1606

falk1698

razorbilla1705

turr1794

sea-crow1813

razorbill auk1829

tinker1862

razorbill puffin1865

1829 Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 392 The varieties which appear in greatest numbers are the Kittiwake (..provincially Kitty); the Razor-bill Auk (..provincially Coulter), the Guillemot (..provincially Queet), and, lastly, the Puffin (..provincially Tammy norie).

1890 Independent 2 Oct. 30/3 Flocks of guillemot and razor-bill auks circled about its blue peaks and rested in the little cup-shaped lakes of clear salt water.

1926 V. E. Shelford Naturalist's Guide to Americas iv. 114 Dovekies, gannets, gulls, guillemots, puffins, murres, and razorbill auks are abundant in the waters that wash the shore.

1949 E. Bishop in New Yorker 18 June 24/2 The razorbill auks and the silly-looking puffins all stand with their backs to the mainland in solemn, uneven lines.

1981 Naturaliste Canadien Quebec 108 219 The family Laridae accounts for 97.4% of the total population.., the Alcidae 1.5% (razorbill auk (Alca torda), black guillemot (Cepphus grylle), Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)) and the Anatidae 1.1%.

† razorbill puffin n. Obsolete rare = sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > genus Alca > alca torda (razor-bill)

murre1578

scout1596

willock1606

falk1698

razorbilla1705

turr1794

sea-crow1813

razorbill auk1829

tinker1862

razorbill puffin1865

1865 G. A. Boardman Let. 4 Jan. in W. H. Dall S. F. Baird (1915) 380 I forgot to say the razor-bill puffin, and sea-pigeon, murre, were with us all summer, but not very abundant.

1894 Westm. Gaz. 9 Aug. 4/2 A young razorbill puffin came alongside.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	razorbill
释义	razorbilln. Brit. /ˈreɪzəbɪl/, U.S. /ˈreɪzərˌbɪl/ Forms: see razor n. and bill n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: razor n., bill n.² Etymology: < razor n. + bill n.² Compare later razor-billed adj.With razorbill auk n. at Compounds compare earlier razor-billed auk n. at razor-billed adj. Compounds. 1. A black and white auk, Alca torda, which has a deep, narrow, almost rectangular bill and nests on coastal cliffs around the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > with particular type of edge razorbilla1705 razor-billed1748 saw-billed1785 toothed-billed1841 tooth-billed1862 saw-beaked1869 serratirostral- the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > genus Alca > alca torda (razor-bill) murre1578 scout1596 willock1606 falk1698 razorbilla1705 turr1794 sea-crow1813 razorbill auk1829 tinker1862 razorbill puffin1865 a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 183 The following Birds build on the Farn-Islands; Guillimets, Scouts or Razor Bills, Counternebs, [etc.]. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 48 Alka Hoieri: Our People call it the Marrot, the Auk or Razor-Bill. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 137 Razor-bill... These birds, in company with the Guillemot, appear in our seas the beginning of February. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. (at cited word) The Razor-bill is not seen with us in winter, but repairs to our rocky coasts in the spring. 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea 40 The guillemots sitting in rows,..bolt upright, the manner of sitting common to the puffins and razor-bills. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 599 The razorbills prefer crevices and overhung nooks. 1968 J. K. Terres How Birds Fly xiii. 119 The black guillemot and razorbill live along the North Atlantic coast. 1990 H. Thurston Tidal Life 130/2 A congress of puffins..strikes deadpan poses and engages in histrionics, while the razorbills remain aloof. 2. U.S. The black skimmer, Rynchops niger. Also razorbill shearwater. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of genus Rhynchops > rhynchops nigra (black skimmer) cutwater1733 razorbill1791 shear-bill1793 shearwater1794 scissor beak1833 scissorbill1833 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 295 Rhynchops niger; the shearwater or razor bill. 1844 Nat. Hist. N.Y., Zool. ii. 297 [The] Razor-bill, Cutwater, Flood Gull,..for it is known under all these names, reaches our coast from Tropical America in May. 1877 Galaxy Apr. 502/2 The red-beaked oyster bird flew by, and close down to the sea skimmed the razor-bill shear-water. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 187/2 Other English names applied to it in America are ‘Razorbill’, ‘Scissorbill’, and ‘Shearwater’. 1969 R. J. Longstreet Birds in Florida (ed. 4) 70 Razorbill... The long thin bill, which is black with a red base, has a short upper mandible. †3. English regional. The red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1863 J. R. Wise New Forest App. 312/2 Known to the fishermen at Christchurch as the ‘razorbill’. Compounds razorbill auk n. chiefly North American = sense 1; cf. razor-billed auk n. at razor-billed adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > genus Alca > alca torda (razor-bill) murre1578 scout1596 willock1606 falk1698 razorbilla1705 turr1794 sea-crow1813 razorbill auk1829 tinker1862 razorbill puffin1865 1829 Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 392 The varieties which appear in greatest numbers are the Kittiwake (..provincially Kitty); the Razor-bill Auk (..provincially Coulter), the Guillemot (..provincially Queet), and, lastly, the Puffin (..provincially Tammy norie). 1890 Independent 2 Oct. 30/3 Flocks of guillemot and razor-bill auks circled about its blue peaks and rested in the little cup-shaped lakes of clear salt water. 1926 V. E. Shelford Naturalist's Guide to Americas iv. 114 Dovekies, gannets, gulls, guillemots, puffins, murres, and razorbill auks are abundant in the waters that wash the shore. 1949 E. Bishop in New Yorker 18 June 24/2 The razorbill auks and the silly-looking puffins all stand with their backs to the mainland in solemn, uneven lines. 1981 Naturaliste Canadien Quebec 108 219 The family Laridae accounts for 97.4% of the total population.., the Alcidae 1.5% (razorbill auk (Alca torda), black guillemot (Cepphus grylle), Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)) and the Anatidae 1.1%. † razorbill puffin n. Obsolete rare = sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > genus Alca > alca torda (razor-bill) murre1578 scout1596 willock1606 falk1698 razorbilla1705 turr1794 sea-crow1813 razorbill auk1829 tinker1862 razorbill puffin1865 1865 G. A. Boardman Let. 4 Jan. in W. H. Dall S. F. Baird (1915) 380 I forgot to say the razor-bill puffin, and sea-pigeon, murre, were with us all summer, but not very abundant. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 9 Aug. 4/2 A young razorbill puffin came alongside. 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