单词 | red-throated |
释义 | red-throatedadj. Chiefly in the names of birds: having a red throat. See also Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of neck > having particular colour or marking on neck white-throated1678 red-throated1743 ring-necked1750 blue-throated1764 red-necked1766 1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 38 (heading) The Red-throated Huming Bird. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 365 The red-throated Parrot; this is an extreamely beautiful species; it is of the size of a large pigeon. 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 97 Red-throated Falcon... Inhabits Cayenne, and other parts of South America. 1823 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 298/2 Lacerta Bullaris, Red-throated Lizard. 1865 Catholic World Oct. 63/1 The tree, meadow, red-throated and tawny pipits cross and recross [the Mediterranean] regularly. 1889 Overland Monthly July 86/1 A red-capped, red-throated linnet tilts and poises on another wind-shaken bough. 1944 A. Russell Bush Ways xxii. 105 The melody of the red-throated whistler. 1971 Country Life 28 Oct. 1127/2 Later I saw the larger tacazze sunbird and a form of the red-throated sunbird. 2003 E. Gregg & R. Trillo Rough Guide to Gambia p. xxi Red-throated bee-eater Merops bullocki. CompoundsΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Gariidae (divers and loons) > gavia stellata (red-throated diver) rain goose1703 red-throated ducker1747 red-throated loon1747 red-throated diver1768 sprat loon1768 scapegrace1835 sprat-borer1861 1747 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds II. 97 Red-Throated Ducker or Loon. 1763 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. (ed. 2) II. 960/1 This is thought to be the cock of the red-throated ducker, or loon. red-throated diver n. a small diver that breeds on lakes in northern Eurasia and Canada, Gavia stellata, having a dark red patch on the throat in the breeding season. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Gariidae (divers and loons) > gavia stellata (red-throated diver) rain goose1703 red-throated ducker1747 red-throated loon1747 red-throated diver1768 sprat loon1768 scapegrace1835 sprat-borer1861 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 415 The Red Throated Diver. 1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds III. 337 The Red-throated Diver is the smallest species of the genus, as well as the most common. 1958 Times 28 Nov. 14/5 The distinguishing marks of the red-throated diver in winter plumage. 2006 Bird Watching Aug. 111/2 There were two Pomarine Skuas, nine Common Scoters and a Fulmar, an Arctic Skua and a late Red-throated Diver. red-throated loon n. chiefly North American = red-throated diver n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Gariidae (divers and loons) > gavia stellata (red-throated diver) rain goose1703 red-throated ducker1747 red-throated loon1747 red-throated diver1768 sprat loon1768 scapegrace1835 sprat-borer1861 1747 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds II. 97 Red-Throated Ducker or Loon. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 253 The Red-throated Loon..[is] still smaller and much commoner. 1912 E. T. Seton Arctic Prairies xxxiii. 225 It turned out..to be a family of Red-throated Loons, yodelling their inspiring marching song. 2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing i. 95 Later a red-throated loon circles the exact perimeter of the oil camp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1743 |
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