reed-birdn.

Brit.

/ˈriːdbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈridˌbərd/

Forms: see reed n.¹ and bird n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reed n.¹, bird n.

Etymology: < reed n.¹ + bird n.

1. Any bird that lives among reeds. rare.

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1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een riet-meese, a Reede-bird like a Titmouse.

1732 Coll. Voy. & Trav. II. 150/2 They have a kind of reed-birds with red necks and legs.

1852 A. Marsh-Caldwell Castle Avon I. vii. 130 Not a sound broke the deep silence, save..the low twitter of some reed birds near the river's brink.

1988 B. Branch Field Guide Snakes & Other Reptiles Southern Afr. 83 This active snake climbs into reed beds, and feeds on small reed birds and lizards.

2. North American regional (chiefly east Midland). The bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, flocks of which often frequent rice fields in the autumn. Cf. ricebird n. 2a. Now rare.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Dolichonyx (bobolink)

ortolan1666

ricebird1709

reed-bird1764

bobolink1774

rice bunting1781

butter bird1790

October bird1793

skunk blackbird1829

skunk bird1831

rice troupial1836

meadow-wink1884

1764 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. III. 337 Reed-birds, Cock and Hen.

1802 W. Priest Trav. U.S.A. 90 A wonderful variety of small birds: among which, the reed-bird, or american ortolan, justly holds the first place.

1853 H. W. Herbert Amer. Game 111 If a man shoots pigeons, larks, and black-birds, or even reed-birds, for that matter, over my setters, he may do so once, but he will have no second chance.

1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 55 The reed-bird, which is quite as good as the ortolan of Italy.

1940 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Sept. 12/7 Both reed and rail birds fed constantly on the wild rice in those marshes.

1955 Chester (Pa.) Times 7 Jan. 6/3 Class #9 of St. Daniel's Church will sponsor a turkey and reedbird dinner tomorrow.

1995 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 27 May j3 In various regions of the continent it was called reed bird, rice bird.., meadow-bird and American ortolan.

3. Any of several Old World warblers of the genus Acrocephalus (family Sylviidae) which frequent reed beds; esp. the sedge warbler ( A. schoenobaenus), the reed warbler ( A. scirpaceus), and (Australian) the clamorous reed warbler ( A. stentoreus).

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species schoenobaenus (sedge warbler)

reed-sparrow1676

chat1704

sedge-bird1738

willow-lark1769

sedge-warbler1776

reed-bird1782

sedge-wren1802

night singer1816

sedge reedling1837

mockingbird1883

fisherman's nightingale1884

sally picker1885

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species scirpaceus (reed-warbler)

reed-bird1782

reed warbler1783

reed wren1783

reed babbler1840

pit-bird1862

1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 100 Gay loosestrife there and pale valerian spring, And tuneful reed-birds midst the sedges sing.

1848 Zoologist 6 2186 The sedge warbler is the ‘reed-bird’.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 41 The little reed birds never ceased to sing.

1889 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 4 410 Calamoherpe australis..known as ‘Reed-bird’.

1933 Times 11 Jan. 13/8 A nest of a reed bird containing its own eggs and a cuckoo's egg taken by himself in Sierra Leone.

1939 Musical Times 80 533/2 I learnt that the songster is known as the ‘Reed Bird’ [in New South Wales], as it lives chiefly amongst river reeds.

1998 Canal Boat & Inland Waterways June 100/3 Don't play the piano in season and out of season (the reed-bird's song is sweeter on the Broads).

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

单词	reed-bird
释义	reed-birdn. Brit. /ˈriːdbəːd/, U.S. /ˈridˌbərd/ Forms: see reed n.¹ and bird n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reed n.¹, bird n. Etymology: < reed n.¹ + bird n. 1. Any bird that lives among reeds. rare. ΚΠ 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een riet-meese, a Reede-bird like a Titmouse. 1732 Coll. Voy. & Trav. II. 150/2 They have a kind of reed-birds with red necks and legs. 1852 A. Marsh-Caldwell Castle Avon I. vii. 130 Not a sound broke the deep silence, save..the low twitter of some reed birds near the river's brink. 1988 B. Branch Field Guide Snakes & Other Reptiles Southern Afr. 83 This active snake climbs into reed beds, and feeds on small reed birds and lizards. 2. North American regional (chiefly east Midland). The bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, flocks of which often frequent rice fields in the autumn. Cf. ricebird n. 2a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Dolichonyx (bobolink) ortolan1666 ricebird1709 reed-bird1764 bobolink1774 rice bunting1781 butter bird1790 October bird1793 skunk blackbird1829 skunk bird1831 rice troupial1836 meadow-wink1884 1764 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. III. 337 Reed-birds, Cock and Hen. 1802 W. Priest Trav. U.S.A. 90 A wonderful variety of small birds: among which, the reed-bird, or american ortolan, justly holds the first place. 1853 H. W. Herbert Amer. Game 111 If a man shoots pigeons, larks, and black-birds, or even reed-birds, for that matter, over my setters, he may do so once, but he will have no second chance. 1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 55 The reed-bird, which is quite as good as the ortolan of Italy. 1940 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Sept. 12/7 Both reed and rail birds fed constantly on the wild rice in those marshes. 1955 Chester (Pa.) Times 7 Jan. 6/3 Class #9 of St. Daniel's Church will sponsor a turkey and reedbird dinner tomorrow. 1995 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 27 May j3 In various regions of the continent it was called reed bird, rice bird.., meadow-bird and American ortolan. 3. Any of several Old World warblers of the genus Acrocephalus (family Sylviidae) which frequent reed beds; esp. the sedge warbler ( A. schoenobaenus), the reed warbler ( A. scirpaceus), and (Australian) the clamorous reed warbler ( A. stentoreus). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species schoenobaenus (sedge warbler) reed-sparrow1676 chat1704 sedge-bird1738 willow-lark1769 sedge-warbler1776 reed-bird1782 sedge-wren1802 night singer1816 sedge reedling1837 mockingbird1883 fisherman's nightingale1884 sally picker1885 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species scirpaceus (reed-warbler) reed-bird1782 reed warbler1783 reed wren1783 reed babbler1840 pit-bird1862 1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 100 Gay loosestrife there and pale valerian spring, And tuneful reed-birds midst the sedges sing. 1848 Zoologist 6 2186 The sedge warbler is the ‘reed-bird’. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 41 The little reed birds never ceased to sing. 1889 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 4 410 Calamoherpe australis..known as ‘Reed-bird’. 1933 Times 11 Jan. 13/8 A nest of a reed bird containing its own eggs and a cuckoo's egg taken by himself in Sierra Leone. 1939 Musical Times 80 533/2 I learnt that the songster is known as the ‘Reed Bird’ [in New South Wales], as it lives chiefly amongst river reeds. 1998 Canal Boat & Inland Waterways June 100/3 Don't play the piano in season and out of season (the reed-bird's song is sweeter on the Broads). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648
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