red-backedadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɛdbakt/, U.S.

/ˈrɛdˌbækt/

Forms: see red adj. and n. and backed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., backed adj.

Etymology: < red adj. + backed adj. Compare later red-back adj., red-back n.

1. Chiefly in the names of animals: having a red or reddish-brown back. See also Compounds.

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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > having red back

red-backed1709

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > having a red back

red-backed1709

the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having particular or same colour feathers > on particular part

red-breasted1609

white-breasted1625

yellow-bellied1674

strawberry-breasted1688

white-fronted1729

blue-backed1752

blue-bellied1753

black-bellied1764

red-backed1766

black-fronted1771

red-fronted1781

blue-collared1788

rose-breasted1801

1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 126 The Red-back'd Snake [is found in Carolina].

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 74 The red backt Butcher Bird..the upper part of the back and coverts of the wings are a bright ferruginous color.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 559 The mode in which a Red-backed Pelecan..stowed its food into its pouch.

1823 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds VI. 286 The Red-backed Lark.

1877 Amer. Naturalist 11 346 These ornaments..are all made from the same species of Haliotis.., the common red-backed abalone of the coast.

1912 Emu 12 118 Red-backed Parrakeet..very common.

1937 Sci. Monthly June 560/1 In the mountains of North Carolina the red-backed millipede..is active all winter long.

1964 M. Sharland Territory of Birds 139 The Red-backed Wren..proved to be fairly common in the grass country and Katherine and Pine Creek.

2000 Jrnl. Trop. Ecol. 16 151 Observations were made of red-backed squirrel monkeys..eating bats.

2. Of an object: having a red back; spec. (of a book) having the spine bound in red leather.

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1821 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 1 Aug. (advt.) Lost,..a small red-backed memorandum book.

1840 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 17 Mar. In less than no time he had the scrip all cut up into these red-backed bills, with picturs on 'em that they offer here in York for money.

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xvi. 246 We forestieri of the red-backed books.

1912 Eng. Jrnl. 1 467 We may also make use of many poems, especially those by Americans, not to be found in the little red-backed Palgrave with which most teachers arm their classes.

1974 Times 23 Mar. 12/8 The red-backed guide to Britain and Ireland is much slimmer than its French counterpart. It costs £2 and for 50p there is a small supplementary guide for hotels and restaurants in the Greater London area.

2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 Aug. c1 The panel room, adorned with red-backed chairs, blue tablecloths and white napkins, is overbooked.

Compounds

red-backed mouse n. North American = red-backed vole n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Clethrionomys (vole)

vole1805

bank vole1837

red-backed mouse1865

red-backed vole1880

wold-mouse1892

Orkney vole1904

1865 S. Tenney Nat. Hist. ii. i. vii. 75 The Red-backed Mouse, A. Gapperi.., of the Northern States, is about the size of the common house mouse, the back with a broad stripe of bright rufous brown..and the under parts yellowish-white.

1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies viii. 71 The Red-backed mouse is a forest dweller..of medium size and has a coat that is marked by a fairly broad belt of chestnut brown hair over the spine.

1996 Q. Rev. Biol. 71 518/2 Red-backed mice (Clethrionomys rutilus) were wild-trapped..at different times of the year.

red-backed salamander n. any of several small, North American woodland salamanders of the genus Plethodon (family Plethodontidae), which typically have a reddish stripe down the back; esp. P. cinereus, which is the commonest salamander in eastern North America.

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1839 Mass. Zool. & Bot. Surv.: Fishes & Reptiles 245 The red-backed Salamander.

1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 158 The eggs of the Red-backed Salamander..are laid under rotten wood..and are cared for by the mother, who also broods the young when hatched.

1947 G. B. Pickwell Amphibians & Reptiles Pacific States 9 P. vehiculum, the Western Red-backed Salamander.., has, as the common name implies, a broad reddish band extending from the snout to the base of the tail.

2004 Northern Woodlands Summer 63/3 Male red-backed salamanders punish female partners that have associated with other males with increased aggression.

red-backed sandpiper n. North American the dunlin, Calidris alpina (family Scolopacidae), which has a reddish-brown back in the breeding season.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Calidris > calidris alpinus (dunlin)

stint1519

dunlin1531

oxbirda1547

sea-lark1602

purre1611

ox-eye1612

jack snipe1664

spar1668

pickerel1684

sand laverock1694

sandy laverock1710

sea-snipe1767

plover's page1771

sand lark1771

red-back1813

red-backed sandpiper1813

ebb-sleeper1837

oxybird1887

simpleton1890

plover's provider1892

sand-runner1894

1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 25 Red-backed Sandpiper, Tringa Alpina.

1940 I. N. Gabrielson & S. G. Jewett Birds Oregon 263 The handsome Red-backed Sandpiper is a common migrant on the coast.

2004 Sun Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) (Nexis) 18 June d2 Once called red-backed sandpipers, the shorebirds are now widely known as dunlins... Their reddish back plumage and dark bellies clearly identify them.

red-backed shrike n. a shrike, Lanius collurio (family Laniidae), the male of which has a chestnut back and grey crown, widespread in Eurasia and East Africa (and, formerly, in Britain).

ΚΠ

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 215 Red-backed [Shrike]..Lesser Butcher Bird.

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 845 Much smaller than this is the Red-backed Shrike,..the best-known species in Great Britain, where it is a summer visitor.

1948 Amer. Midland Naturalist 40 393 Three nests of the Red-backed shrike were found in the defoliated blackthorn shrubs.

1998 Guardian 10 Dec. i. 21/3 Before the second world war, the red-backed shrike was a familiar bird of the British countryside—indeed, its habit of impaling its prey on thorn bushes earned it the name of ‘Butcher bird’.

red-backed spider n. a venomous Australian spider, Latrodectus hasselti (family Theridiidae), which is black with an orange-red stripe on the abdomen and is closely related to the American black widow; also called red-back, jockey spider.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > suborder Labidognatha or Dipneumones > family Theridiidae or genus Theridion > latrodectus hasselti (red-backed spider)

red-backed spider1895

jockey spider1933

red-back1933

1895 Lancet 16 Mar. 691-697 Another poisonous animal is the red-backed spider—Lathrodectus... Fatal results from the bite of these spiders are recorded.

1942 C. Barrett On Wallaby ii. 29 The katipo or red-backed spider enjoys a very wide distribution in Australia.

2002 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland) (Nexis) 16 June 8 Red-backed spiders had been known to catch animals as large as small lizards.

red-backed vole n. any vole of the genus Myodes (formerly Clethrionomys) (family Cricetidae, formerly Muridae), the members of which have reddish-brown backs and are widespread in Eurasia and North America.

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vole1805

bank vole1837

red-backed mouse1865

red-backed vole1880

wold-mouse1892

Orkney vole1904

1880 G. Roberts Diary 13 June in Topogr. & Nat. Hist. Lofthouse (1882) 281 Observed a red-backed vole.

1977 J. L. Harper Population Biol. Plants xv. 465 The seed was collected and buried mainly by..redbacked voles.

2002 Amer. Midland Naturalist 147 413 The red-backed vole..is an arvicoline rodent widely distributed in northern portions of North America.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red-backed
释义	red-backedadj. Brit. /ˈrɛdbakt/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌbækt/ Forms: see red adj. and n. and backed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., backed adj. Etymology: < red adj. + backed adj. Compare later red-back adj., red-back n. 1. Chiefly in the names of animals: having a red or reddish-brown back. See also Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > having red back red-backed1709 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > having a red back red-backed1709 the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having particular or same colour feathers > on particular part red-breasted1609 white-breasted1625 yellow-bellied1674 strawberry-breasted1688 white-fronted1729 blue-backed1752 blue-bellied1753 black-bellied1764 red-backed1766 black-fronted1771 red-fronted1781 blue-collared1788 rose-breasted1801 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 126 The Red-back'd Snake [is found in Carolina]. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 74 The red backt Butcher Bird..the upper part of the back and coverts of the wings are a bright ferruginous color. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 559 The mode in which a Red-backed Pelecan..stowed its food into its pouch. 1823 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds VI. 286 The Red-backed Lark. 1877 Amer. Naturalist 11 346 These ornaments..are all made from the same species of Haliotis.., the common red-backed abalone of the coast. 1912 Emu 12 118 Red-backed Parrakeet..very common. 1937 Sci. Monthly June 560/1 In the mountains of North Carolina the red-backed millipede..is active all winter long. 1964 M. Sharland Territory of Birds 139 The Red-backed Wren..proved to be fairly common in the grass country and Katherine and Pine Creek. 2000 Jrnl. Trop. Ecol. 16 151 Observations were made of red-backed squirrel monkeys..eating bats. 2. Of an object: having a red back; spec. (of a book) having the spine bound in red leather. ΚΠ 1821 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 1 Aug. (advt.) Lost,..a small red-backed memorandum book. 1840 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 17 Mar. In less than no time he had the scrip all cut up into these red-backed bills, with picturs on 'em that they offer here in York for money. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xvi. 246 We forestieri of the red-backed books. 1912 Eng. Jrnl. 1 467 We may also make use of many poems, especially those by Americans, not to be found in the little red-backed Palgrave with which most teachers arm their classes. 1974 Times 23 Mar. 12/8 The red-backed guide to Britain and Ireland is much slimmer than its French counterpart. It costs £2 and for 50p there is a small supplementary guide for hotels and restaurants in the Greater London area. 2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 Aug. c1 The panel room, adorned with red-backed chairs, blue tablecloths and white napkins, is overbooked. Compounds red-backed mouse n. North American = red-backed vole n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Clethrionomys (vole) vole1805 bank vole1837 red-backed mouse1865 red-backed vole1880 wold-mouse1892 Orkney vole1904 1865 S. Tenney Nat. Hist. ii. i. vii. 75 The Red-backed Mouse, A. Gapperi.., of the Northern States, is about the size of the common house mouse, the back with a broad stripe of bright rufous brown..and the under parts yellowish-white. 1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies viii. 71 The Red-backed mouse is a forest dweller..of medium size and has a coat that is marked by a fairly broad belt of chestnut brown hair over the spine. 1996 Q. Rev. Biol. 71 518/2 Red-backed mice (Clethrionomys rutilus) were wild-trapped..at different times of the year. red-backed salamander n. any of several small, North American woodland salamanders of the genus Plethodon (family Plethodontidae), which typically have a reddish stripe down the back; esp. P. cinereus, which is the commonest salamander in eastern North America. ΚΠ 1839 Mass. Zool. & Bot. Surv.: Fishes & Reptiles 245 The red-backed Salamander. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 158 The eggs of the Red-backed Salamander..are laid under rotten wood..and are cared for by the mother, who also broods the young when hatched. 1947 G. B. Pickwell Amphibians & Reptiles Pacific States 9 P. vehiculum, the Western Red-backed Salamander.., has, as the common name implies, a broad reddish band extending from the snout to the base of the tail. 2004 Northern Woodlands Summer 63/3 Male red-backed salamanders punish female partners that have associated with other males with increased aggression. red-backed sandpiper n. North American the dunlin, Calidris alpina (family Scolopacidae), which has a reddish-brown back in the breeding season. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Calidris > calidris alpinus (dunlin) stint1519 dunlin1531 oxbirda1547 sea-lark1602 purre1611 ox-eye1612 jack snipe1664 spar1668 pickerel1684 sand laverock1694 sandy laverock1710 sea-snipe1767 plover's page1771 sand lark1771 red-back1813 red-backed sandpiper1813 ebb-sleeper1837 oxybird1887 simpleton1890 plover's provider1892 sand-runner1894 1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 25 Red-backed Sandpiper, Tringa Alpina. 1940 I. N. Gabrielson & S. G. Jewett Birds Oregon 263 The handsome Red-backed Sandpiper is a common migrant on the coast. 2004 Sun Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) (Nexis) 18 June d2 Once called red-backed sandpipers, the shorebirds are now widely known as dunlins... Their reddish back plumage and dark bellies clearly identify them. red-backed shrike n. a shrike, Lanius collurio (family Laniidae), the male of which has a chestnut back and grey crown, widespread in Eurasia and East Africa (and, formerly, in Britain). ΚΠ 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 215 Red-backed [Shrike]..Lesser Butcher Bird. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 845 Much smaller than this is the Red-backed Shrike,..the best-known species in Great Britain, where it is a summer visitor. 1948 Amer. Midland Naturalist 40 393 Three nests of the Red-backed shrike were found in the defoliated blackthorn shrubs. 1998 Guardian 10 Dec. i. 21/3 Before the second world war, the red-backed shrike was a familiar bird of the British countryside—indeed, its habit of impaling its prey on thorn bushes earned it the name of ‘Butcher bird’. red-backed spider n. a venomous Australian spider, Latrodectus hasselti (family Theridiidae), which is black with an orange-red stripe on the abdomen and is closely related to the American black widow; also called red-back, jockey spider. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > suborder Labidognatha or Dipneumones > family Theridiidae or genus Theridion > latrodectus hasselti (red-backed spider) red-backed spider1895 jockey spider1933 red-back1933 1895 Lancet 16 Mar. 691-697 Another poisonous animal is the red-backed spider—Lathrodectus... Fatal results from the bite of these spiders are recorded. 1942 C. Barrett On Wallaby ii. 29 The katipo or red-backed spider enjoys a very wide distribution in Australia. 2002 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland) (Nexis) 16 June 8 Red-backed spiders had been known to catch animals as large as small lizards. red-backed vole n. any vole of the genus Myodes (formerly Clethrionomys) (family Cricetidae, formerly Muridae), the members of which have reddish-brown backs and are widespread in Eurasia and North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Clethrionomys (vole) vole1805 bank vole1837 red-backed mouse1865 red-backed vole1880 wold-mouse1892 Orkney vole1904 1880 G. Roberts Diary 13 June in Topogr. & Nat. Hist. Lofthouse (1882) 281 Observed a red-backed vole. 1977 J. L. Harper Population Biol. Plants xv. 465 The seed was collected and buried mainly by..redbacked voles. 2002 Amer. Midland Naturalist 147 413 The red-backed vole..is an arvicoline rodent widely distributed in northern portions of North America. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1709
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