| 单词 | bird-stuffing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird-stuffing b. With participles, agent nouns, and verbal nouns, forming compounds in which bird expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in bird-angler, bird-catcher, bird-catching, bird-keeper, bird-lover, bird-seller, bird-snaring, bird-stuffer, bird-stuffing, etc.Cf. bird banding n., bird feeder n., bird-minder n., birdwatch v., etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > taxidermy > [noun] > stuffing of birds bird-stuffing1580 the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowler > [noun] fowlerc893 birder1308 catcher1550 bird-catcher1580 bird-angler1653 wild-fowler1859 waterfowler1888 the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [noun] fowling1413 lowbelling1581 birding1602 bird-catching1687 waterfowling1702 wild-fowling1874 the world > animals > zoology > taxidermy > [noun] > stuffing of birds > one who bird-stuffer1838 the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [noun] > snaring or netting draughtc1275 trammelling1588 tunnelling1687 bird-snaring1899 the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > lover of birds ornithophile1881 bird-lover1938 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > bird-keeper or -breeder birder1827 aviarist1883 aviculturist1904 bird-keeper1938 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Pippe, a little pipe the which bird catchers doe vse. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler xi. 206 This Bird-Angler standing upon the top of a steeple to [catch swallows]. 1687 R. L'Estrange Answer to Let. to Dissenter 7 The Skill and Address of Bird-catching. 1709 E. Ward Secret Hist. Clubs xix. 182 As many more of the Bird-Fancying Fraternity..as can crow'd in amongst 'em. 1838 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. IV. 271 A bird-stuffer whom I knew at Camden had many fine specimens. 1870 D. J. Kirwan Palace & Hovel xxvi. 397 There are hundreds of the bird-sellers to be found hawking their birds all over the city. 1899 Daily News 10 June 8/5 Go bird-nesting or bird-snaring in one of the parks. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 July 8/1 The cruel trade carried on by the bird-catcher. 1938 Brit. Birds 31 375 A Common Partridge..was taken to St. James's Park and handed over to the bird-keeper. 1938 Brit. Birds 31 383 Richmond Park has much to interest the bird-lover. 2005 Independent 29 Apr. 13/3 Gammell..said the confirmed sightings of the ivory-billed woodpecker would be celebrated by bird lovers around the world. < as lemmas |
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