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单词 scissor beak
释义

scissor beakn.

Brit. /ˈsɪzə biːk/, U.S. /ˈsɪzər ˌbik/
Forms:

α. 1800s– scissor beak.

β. 1800s– scissors beak.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: scissors n., beak n.1
Etymology: In α. forms < the singular of scissors n. + beak n.1 In β. forms < scissors n. + beak n.1With use in sense 1 compare scissorbill n. and discussion at that entry.
1. A skimmer (the bird, genus Rynchops). Cf. scissorbill n. 1. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of genus Rhynchops > rhynchops nigra (black skimmer)
cutwater1733
razorbill1791
shear-bill1793
shearwater1794
scissor beak1833
scissorbill1833
1833 C. Darwin Jrnl. 15 Oct. in Beagle Diary (1933) 188 I here saw a very extraordinary bird, the scissor-beak.
1838 E. L. Joseph Hist. Trinidad ix. 61 (table) Skimmer, or Scissors Beak,..Rhynchops, species doubtful.
1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan xxviii. 264 I find I omitted the extraordinary-looking scissor-beak (Rhynchops flavirostus) [sic].
2. A malformation of a bird's bill in which the mandibles are crossed.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of birds > [noun] > disorders of poultry
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blackhead1894
bacillary white diarrhoea1909
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scissor beak1934
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new wheat disease1950
X disease1950
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1934 L. F. Payne & H. M. Scott Internat. Poultry Guide for Flock Select. 19 The following defects must be rejected from the breeding flock:... Any serious skeletal deformity, i. e., crooked back.., crooked leg, or scissor beak.
1947 W. P. Blount Dis. Poultry xxxii. 236 Diagnosis [of mandibular disease] is straightforward, but must be differentiated from ‘scissors-beak’, which is of congenital origin.
2009 M. S. Athan & D. Deter Guide to Senegal Parrot (ed. 2) i. 15/2 The birds can develop an overgrown, ‘crossed’ beak condition called ‘scissor beak’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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