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单词 reedling
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reedlingn.

Brit. /ˈriːdlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈridlɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reed n.1, -ling suffix1.
Etymology: < reed n.1 + -ling suffix1.
1. In plural. Young reeds growing together as a bed. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > reed or the reed plant > collective or bed of reeds
reedeOE
spirea1250
reed bed1483
reedbeere1585
stover1621
reedlings1830
spire-bed1863
1830 J. D. Hoy in Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 329 The very young shell-snails of different kinds which are numerous in the bottom of the reedlings.
1863 H. G. Adams Our Feathered Families II. xiv. 282 The Bearded Tits betake themselves to the ground, or the lower parts of the plants, where they creep and skulk in the midst of the reedlings.
2.
a. Any of several warblers of the genus Acrocephalus (family Sylviidae) associated with reed beds and similar habitats. Usually with distinguishing word. Obsolete. marsh reedling: the reed warbler, A. scirpaceus. sedge reedling: the sedge warbler, A. schoenobaenus.
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1835 Analyst 2 306 The sedge reedling (Salicaria phragmitis, Selby), he calls sedge warbler, and the marsh reedling, (S. arundinacea, Selby) he calls reed wren, thus giving different generic names..to the same genus.
1852 A. Pratt Our Native Songsters iii. 114 Many, like the peasants of Lorraine, judge of the height to which the water will arrive, by the elevation of the nests of the reedlings.
1874 H. G. Adams & H. B. Adams Smaller Brit. Birds 99 The Reed Warbler, also called the Marsh Reedling and Reed Wren, is sometimes mistaken for the Sedge Warbler.
1883 R. Jefferies Nature near London 49 At the end of the hedge which is near a brook, a sedge-reedling takes up his residence in the spring.
b. In full bearded reedling. A small, long-tailed Eurasian songbird, Panurus biarmicus, which frequents reed beds, the male having dark facial markings resembling a moustache. Also called bearded parrotbill, bearded tit, bearded titmouse.The bearded reedling is now regarded as an aberrant parrotbill and is placed with them either in their own family ( Panuridae or Paradoxornithidae), or within various other families ( Paridae, Muscicapidae, or (now usually) Timaliidae).
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Paradoxornithidae > genus Panurus (bearded reedling)
bearded titmouse1731
reed pheasant1831
reedling1837
1837 E. Blyth in Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 207 The bottletit progresses by hopping, like the tits; whereas the bearded reedling advances by alternate motion of the feet.
1871–4 Newton Yarrell's Hist. Brit. Birds I. 522 Reedling, used for it by several authors, would certainly be preferable to Titmouse, had not some of the aquatic warblers been also so called.
1876 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 21 510 The reedlings (Panuridæ), the tits (Paridæ), and the magpies (Pica), are also very characteristic [of the Palæarctic region].
1956 Times 16 Feb. 10/3 Some call it ‘reedling’, or ‘reed pheasant’, because of its long tail.
1996 New Phytologist 133 241/2 The River Tay population [of reeds]..hosts large populations of the bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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