red-crestedadj.

Brit.

/rɛdˈkrɛstᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌrɛdˈkrɛstəd/

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

Etymology: < red adj. + crested adj.

Chiefly in the names of birds: having a red or reddish crest. See also Compounds.In quot. 1633 in reference to the flowering stem of a particular plant (perhaps a type of scurvy grass, genus Coclearia).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having bird's head > with appendage or crest > of particular colour

red-crested1633

golden-crowned1678

red-crowned1763

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. xxii. 271 There is in Portland..a creeping little herbe having small red crested stalkes.

c1728 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. 17 The larger red-crested Wood-pecker weighs nine ounces.

1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 554 Red-Crested Duck.

1879 Live Stock Jrnl. 7 Mar. p. vii/3 (advt.) Red-crested Cardinals at 10s 6d a pair; White-headed Mannikins, 10s a pair.

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 736 The White-eyed or Castaneous Duck,..and the Red-crested Duck, Nyroca rufina.

1903 J. Fox Little Shepherd ii A red-crested cock of the woods would beat his white-striped wings from spur to spur.

1937 M. Alston Wanderings 224 We saw the gom pauw and the white-quilled and the red-crested korhaan.

1994 Harrowsmith Apr. 83/2 Of the 14 species of woodpeckers in Canada—from the small downy to the magnificent red-crested pileated—flickers are the most willing to move into a human made home.

Compounds

red-crested pochard n. a Eurasian duck, Netta rufina, the male of which has a crested orange-brown head.

ΚΠ

1824 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 188 Red-crested Pochard (Fuligula rufina).

1958 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VII. 81 Eastwards of Spain we find the red-crested pochard breeding in some numbers about the Rhône Delta in southern France.

1996 Independent on Sunday 27 Oct. (Review Suppl.) 50/2 The other introductions since 1900 are the wood duck, red-crested pochard, ruddy duck, [etc.].

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

单词	red-crested
释义	red-crestedadj. Brit. /rɛdˈkrɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˌrɛdˈkrɛstəd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., crested adj. Etymology: < red adj. + crested adj. Chiefly in the names of birds: having a red or reddish crest. See also Compounds.In quot. 1633 in reference to the flowering stem of a particular plant (perhaps a type of scurvy grass, genus Coclearia). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having bird's head > with appendage or crest > of particular colour red-crested1633 golden-crowned1678 red-crowned1763 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. xxii. 271 There is in Portland..a creeping little herbe having small red crested stalkes. c1728 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. 17 The larger red-crested Wood-pecker weighs nine ounces. 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 554 Red-Crested Duck. 1879 Live Stock Jrnl. 7 Mar. p. vii/3 (advt.) Red-crested Cardinals at 10s 6d a pair; White-headed Mannikins, 10s a pair. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 736 The White-eyed or Castaneous Duck,..and the Red-crested Duck, Nyroca rufina. 1903 J. Fox Little Shepherd ii A red-crested cock of the woods would beat his white-striped wings from spur to spur. 1937 M. Alston Wanderings 224 We saw the gom pauw and the white-quilled and the red-crested korhaan. 1994 Harrowsmith Apr. 83/2 Of the 14 species of woodpeckers in Canada—from the small downy to the magnificent red-crested pileated—flickers are the most willing to move into a human made home. Compounds red-crested pochard n. a Eurasian duck, Netta rufina, the male of which has a crested orange-brown head. ΚΠ 1824 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 188 Red-crested Pochard (Fuligula rufina). 1958 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VII. 81 Eastwards of Spain we find the red-crested pochard breeding in some numbers about the Rhône Delta in southern France. 1996 Independent on Sunday 27 Oct. (Review Suppl.) 50/2 The other introductions since 1900 are the wood duck, red-crested pochard, ruddy duck, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1633
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