单词 | red-breasted |
释义 | red-breastedadj. Chiefly in the names of birds: having a red breast. See also Compounds.In quot. 1609 figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd iii. sig. H3 O [my] faire fethered, my red-brested birds, Come flye with me. View more context for this quotation 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 194 The red-breasted Indian Blackbird, perchance the Jacapu of Marggrave. 1704 Nat. Hist. ii, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 190 The Red-breasted Parrot. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 467 Red Breasted Shoveler. 1837 Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 480 Few observers would have deemed it necessary to look at the sex of a red-breasted linnet, concluding, from this circumstance alone, that the bird was a male. 1862 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 32 461 Our attention had been attracted by some red-breasted cockatoos. 1900 H. L. Keeler Our Native Trees 452 The little red-breasted cross-bill stops on its way north to feed on these seeds. 1961 Times 2 Sept. 8/4 The close-packing stocky knots, some still red-breasted. 2001 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 268 567/2 (caption) Mean reflectance spectra of eggs of the red-breasted cuckoo. CompoundsΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya nyroca (white-eye) red duck1678 red-breasted duck1792 white-eye1810 hardhead1908 1792 W. Lewin Birds Great-Brit. V. Index Red-breasted Duck. 1817 T. Forster Synoptical Catal. Brit. Birds 35 Anas Nyroca,..Redbreasted Duck. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Cardinalinae > genus Pheucticus red-breasted finch1785 red-breasted grosbeak1785 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 372 Red-Breasted F[inch]. ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VII. 227 The Red-breasted Finch. Bill white: cheeks, throat, fore part of the neck, and breast, of a rich crimson. 1887 Perry Chief (Iowa) 2 Sept. 3/6 Mimi, the little red-breasted finch..warbles ‘Blue-eyed Mary’ as sweetly as ever. red-breasted flycatcher n. a small migratory flycatcher with an orange-red throat, Ficedula parva (family Muscicapidae), found chiefly in eastern Europe and northern Asia. ΚΠ 1837 J. Gould Birds Europe II. Pl. 64 Like the Muscicapidæ in general, the Red-breasted Flycatcher is quick and active. 1900 Times 21 Nov. 13/2 Such scarce Irish migrants as..the red-breasted flycatcher. 1995 Glamorgan Bird Rep. No. 23. 11 (title) Records of red-breasted flycatcher Ficedula parva in Glamorgan. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Limosa (godwit) > limosa lapponica (bar-tailed godwit) preen1548 yarwhelp1577 pick1655 stone plover1678 red-breasted godwit1747 red godwit1768 strand plover1772 bar-tailed godwit1828 bar-tailed godwit1828 kuaka1873 1747 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds II. 139 The White-Godwit..is of the Size of the Red-breasted Godwit last describ'd. 1799 Naturalist's Pocket Mag. 6 at Red-Breasted Godwit It is the Scolopax Lapponica, of Linnæus..; and the Red-Breasted Godwit, of Pennant, Latham, and Edwards. red-breasted goosander n. now rare = red-breasted merganser n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Mergus (merganser) > mergus serrator (red-breasted merganser) red-breasted goosander1747 shell-bird1770 red-breasted merganser1776 serula1802 hairy-crown1888 hairy-head1888 1747 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds II. 95 The Red-Breasted Goosander. 1861 J. C. Atkinson Brit. Birds' Eggs & Nests 103 Red-breasted goosander.—This handsome bird is an undoubted denizen of our country during the breeding season. 1912 W. Tibbles Foods 158 Mergus:..red-breasted goosander. red-breasted goose n. a small migratory goose, Branta ruficollis, with mainly black plumage and a reddish-chestnut throat and breast, breeding in northern Siberia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta ruficollis (red-breasted goose) red-breasted goose1785 red-necked barnacle1831 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 571 (heading) Red-Breasted Goose. 1886 Ibis No. 15. 380 The Red-breasted Goose, Bernicla ruficollis, is not now found in Upper Egypt. 1947 Times 22 Nov. 6/5 Red-breasted geese migrate in the winter to the southern shores of the Caspian sea. 1995 New Scientist 4 Mar. 50/2 The winter population trend for the red-breasted goose looks very encouraging. red-breasted grosbeak n. now rare the rose-breasted grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Cardinalinae > genus Pheucticus red-breasted finch1785 red-breasted grosbeak1785 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 350 Red-Breasted..Gr[osbeak]. 1887 Science 5 Aug. 71/1 These parts are quite similar in the red-breasted grosbeak (Habia ludoviciana). 1955 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 16 Apr. 6/2 Later arrivals will be the finch, the catbird.., the red breasted grosbeak..and the oriole. 1995 Callaloo 18 251 I had seen a bluebird, five red-breasted grosbeaks..and a rousing consort of mockingbirds. red-breasted merganser n. a crested sawbill duck, Mergus serrator, the male of which has a white collar and a streaked chestnut breast, native to both northern Eurasia and northern North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Mergus (merganser) > mergus serrator (red-breasted merganser) red-breasted goosander1747 shell-bird1770 red-breasted merganser1776 serula1802 hairy-crown1888 hairy-head1888 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 558 Red Breasted Merganser... This species weighs two pounds: the length is one foot nine inches. 1879 C. Napier Lakes & Rivers iv. 117 The Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) is one of the most beautiful of our ducks. 1958 Bennington (Vermont) Evening Banner 8 Aug. 3/5 The bag limits on American and red-breasted merganser ducks are 5 daily and 10 in possession. 2002 Condor 104 244/1 The Red-breasted Merganser (Anatidae: Mergus serrator) is often a gregarious nester. red-breasted nuthatch n. a North American nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, with a black and white eyestripe and reddish-brown underparts. ΚΠ 1870 C. A. White Rep. Geol. Surv. Iowa II. 420 Nuthatches..sitta canadensis, Linn—Red-breasted Nuthatch. 1947 R. T. Peterson Field Guide Birds East of Rockies (ed. 2) 164 Red-breasted Nuthatch,..Smaller than the White-breast; rustier below, with a broad black line through the eye. 2002 Condor 104 893/2 Primary cavity nesters included..Red-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta canadensis). red-breasted rail n. chiefly U.S. any of several rails having a reddish breast; esp.: †(a) (in full great red-breasted rail) the king rail, Rallus elegans (obsolete); (b) the Virginia rail, R. limicola (now rare). ΚΠ 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VIII. 406 Red-breasted Rail, R. Ferrugineus. 1835 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. III. 27 The Great Red-Breasted Rail, or Fresh-Water Marsh-Hen, Rallus Elegans,..is abundant in South Carolina. 1890 Cent. Dict. at Red-breasted Little red-breasted rail, same as Virginia rail. 1937 Daily News (Galveston, Texas) 28 Sept. 12/2 Red-breasted rail. red-breasted sandpiper n. (a) North American the red knot, Calidris canutus, in breeding plumage; (b) the short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Calidris > calidris canutus (knot) knot1452 gnat1616 marl1699 sea-snipe1767 greyback1813 red-breasted sandpiper1813 grey plover1885 1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 43 Tringa Rufa.—Red-breasted Sandpiper..Of this prettily marked species I can find no description. 1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 400 The red-breasted sandpiper became common after September 25th. 1963 Times 14 Dec. 10/7 The red-breasted snipe, or red-breasted sandpiper, [is] another increasingly frequent American visitor. 1986 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 24 Aug. (Travel section) The pretty, red-breasted sandpiper tap dancing on the tide. red-breasted snipe n. the short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > limnodromus griseus (dowitcher) grey snipe1756 red-breasted snipe?a1808 dowitcher1841 brown-back1844 ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VI. 53 The Red-breasted Snipe.—Scolopax Novaboracensis. This is the size of the common Snipe... It is an American bird. 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 788/1 The Red-breasted Snipe, or Brown Snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus) of North America has been occasionally seen in Britain. 1954 Times 26 Nov. 10/4 The dowitcher..[is] perhaps better known on this side of the Atlantic as the red-breasted snipe. 1991 J. M. Levinson & S. G. Headley Shorebirds i. 5/1 The dowitcher was called a brownback in Cape Cod, a red-breasted snipe on Long Island, and a doe-witche in Barnegat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus migratorius (American robin) red-bird1649 robin redbreast1696 robin1703 redbreast1772 red-breasted thrush1772 red thrush1827 1772 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. (ed. 2) I. Pl. following p. 170 (caption) Redbreasted thrush. a1792 S. Hearne Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort (1795) x. 418 The Red-Breasted Thrushes, commonly called in Hudson's Bay..Red Birds. 1866 Rep. 35th Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1865 90 On the Turdus migratorius... This paper gave a minute description of the Red-breasted Thrush of North America. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1609 |
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