blackbackn.

Brit.

/ˈblakbak/, U.S.

/ˈblækˌbæk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., back n.¹

Etymology: < black adj. + back n.¹ In sense 1 after Danish svartbag swartback n.; compare the Scandinavian nouns cited at that entry. Compare earlier black-backed adj.

1. A black-backed gull; spec. (more fully great blackback, greater blackback) the great black-backed gull, Larus marinus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus marinus (blackback)

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1676 J. Sterpin tr. L. J. Debes Færoœ ii. 141 The Swarth bag [Dan. svartbagen] is a great Bird like a Kite, it is white all over, but the back, where it is black, and therefore is called a Black back.

1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands II. xiv. §4. 260 They are rather more numerous than the black backs.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxxii The great black-backs laughed querulous defiance at the intruders.

1858 Fraser's Mag. May 592/1 The legs of the Greater Black-back are paler.

1921 S. Gordon Wanderings of Naturalist iv. 18 Altogether I saw three pairs of greater black backs, two of which had eggs.

1986 I. Wedde Symmes Hole (1988) 81 They wouldn't even find you, you'd be gone ‘without trace’, the blackbacks would peck out your eyes at first light.

2006 A. J. Lippson & R. L. Lippson Life in Chesapeake Bay (ed. 3) iv. 118/1 The call of a great black-back is similar to the herring gull's.

2. Any of various other animals with black or dark backs; (in later use esp.) a subordinate male gorilla (cf. silverback n. at silver n. and adj. Compounds 2b).

ΚΠ

1792 G. Cartwright Jrnl. Resid. Coast Labrador I. Gloss. p. xi Harp, An old seal of that kind called by Pennant, ‘blackback’.

1861 L. de Boilieu Recoll. Labrador Life viii. 93 The principal seal of the coast is termed the Voyage seal, while the males are distinctively called Harps, or Blackbacks.

1882 F. T. Buckland Curiosities Nat. Hist. (new ed.) 4th ser. 273 Mr. Miller has kindly had a photograph taken of a black-back, and of an ordinary fish of exactly the same size and weight as the black-back.

1965 G. B. Schaller Year of Gorilla viii. 221 Two other lone males, a large blackback and an old silverback..appeared to travel together.

1985 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Oct. c2/5 Across the province in Ottawa, four black-backs and two three-toes [sc. woodpeckers] have been seen.

2004 Guardian 15 May (Travel section) 2/2 We came across a blackback, an adolescent male who was sitting at the edge of a family group chewing some tree bark.

Compounds

C1. In the names of animals with a distinctive black or dark back. Cf. black-backed adj.

ΚΠ

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 98 The Blue Wing Bat, the Black Back Bat, the Sparred Bat.

1901 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) 8 Nov. 2/5 Principally native or black back salmon.

1972 G. C. Matthiessen in M. J. Ursin Life in & around Salt Marshes Introd. p. xiv The natural history of the winter, or blackback flounder is an interesting case in point.

2006 Nature 20 Apr. 1005/1 Whenever its exoskeleton is shed, the blackback land crab Gecarcinus lateralis relies on an unconventional type of hydrostatic skeleton.

C2.

blackback gull n. = sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus marinus (blackback)

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swabie1821

parson gull1849

minister1925

1783 T. Pennant Tour in Wales II. 131 In it are three islands, one of which is the haunt of the black-back Gulls, during the breeding season.

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. p. xxv The Wagel of authors is the young of the Great Black-back Gull of this work.

1968 J. Hay Sandy Shore ii. 11 The herring and blackback gulls that stand along the beach are ready to scavenge for what they can find.

2005 T. Carlson Hatteras Blues i. 29 In the early fall, diving gannets and laughing gulls and herring gulls and blackback gulls meant schools of baitfish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blackback
释义	blackbackn. Brit. /ˈblakbak/, U.S. /ˈblækˌbæk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., back n.¹ Etymology: < black adj. + back n.¹ In sense 1 after Danish svartbag swartback n.; compare the Scandinavian nouns cited at that entry. Compare earlier black-backed adj. 1. A black-backed gull; spec. (more fully great blackback, greater blackback) the great black-backed gull, Larus marinus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus marinus (blackback) swartbacka1525 gull-mawc1550 cob1574 blackback1676 wagel1676 saddleback1770 blackback gull1783 swabie1821 parson gull1849 minister1925 1676 J. Sterpin tr. L. J. Debes Færoœ ii. 141 The Swarth bag [Dan. svartbagen] is a great Bird like a Kite, it is white all over, but the back, where it is black, and therefore is called a Black back. 1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands II. xiv. §4. 260 They are rather more numerous than the black backs. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxxii The great black-backs laughed querulous defiance at the intruders. 1858 Fraser's Mag. May 592/1 The legs of the Greater Black-back are paler. 1921 S. Gordon Wanderings of Naturalist iv. 18 Altogether I saw three pairs of greater black backs, two of which had eggs. 1986 I. Wedde Symmes Hole (1988) 81 They wouldn't even find you, you'd be gone ‘without trace’, the blackbacks would peck out your eyes at first light. 2006 A. J. Lippson & R. L. Lippson Life in Chesapeake Bay (ed. 3) iv. 118/1 The call of a great black-back is similar to the herring gull's. 2. Any of various other animals with black or dark backs; (in later use esp.) a subordinate male gorilla (cf. silverback n. at silver n. and adj. Compounds 2b). ΚΠ 1792 G. Cartwright Jrnl. Resid. Coast Labrador I. Gloss. p. xi Harp, An old seal of that kind called by Pennant, ‘blackback’. 1861 L. de Boilieu Recoll. Labrador Life viii. 93 The principal seal of the coast is termed the Voyage seal, while the males are distinctively called Harps, or Blackbacks. 1882 F. T. Buckland Curiosities Nat. Hist. (new ed.) 4th ser. 273 Mr. Miller has kindly had a photograph taken of a black-back, and of an ordinary fish of exactly the same size and weight as the black-back. 1965 G. B. Schaller Year of Gorilla viii. 221 Two other lone males, a large blackback and an old silverback..appeared to travel together. 1985 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Oct. c2/5 Across the province in Ottawa, four black-backs and two three-toes [sc. woodpeckers] have been seen. 2004 Guardian 15 May (Travel section) 2/2 We came across a blackback, an adolescent male who was sitting at the edge of a family group chewing some tree bark. Compounds C1. In the names of animals with a distinctive black or dark back. Cf. black-backed adj. ΚΠ 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 98 The Blue Wing Bat, the Black Back Bat, the Sparred Bat. 1901 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) 8 Nov. 2/5 Principally native or black back salmon. 1972 G. C. Matthiessen in M. J. Ursin Life in & around Salt Marshes Introd. p. xiv The natural history of the winter, or blackback flounder is an interesting case in point. 2006 Nature 20 Apr. 1005/1 Whenever its exoskeleton is shed, the blackback land crab Gecarcinus lateralis relies on an unconventional type of hydrostatic skeleton. C2. blackback gull n. = sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus marinus (blackback) swartbacka1525 gull-mawc1550 cob1574 blackback1676 wagel1676 saddleback1770 blackback gull1783 swabie1821 parson gull1849 minister1925 1783 T. Pennant Tour in Wales II. 131 In it are three islands, one of which is the haunt of the black-back Gulls, during the breeding season. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. p. xxv The Wagel of authors is the young of the Great Black-back Gull of this work. 1968 J. Hay Sandy Shore ii. 11 The herring and blackback gulls that stand along the beach are ready to scavenge for what they can find. 2005 T. Carlson Hatteras Blues i. 29 In the early fall, diving gannets and laughing gulls and herring gulls and blackback gulls meant schools of baitfish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1676
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