boat-billedadj.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊtbɪld/, U.S.

/ˈboʊtˌbɪld/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.¹, billed adj.¹

Etymology: < boat n.¹ + billed adj.¹ Compare earlier boatbill n.

Chiefly in the names of birds: having a broad beak likened to the hull of a boat. Compare boatbill n. See also Compounds.

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > of particular shape

long-billed1594

latirostrous1646

bill-twisteda1657

spoon-billed1668

hook-billed1695

slender-billed1769

thick-billed1770

bow-beaked1791

boat-billed1821

slender-beaked1824

tenuirostral1837

broad-billed1839

planirostrate1858

tenuirostrate1860

planirostral1890

1821 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds I. 59 Tody, boat-billed.

1822 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds IV. xxxi. 97 (heading) Boat-billed Tody... Bill remarkable in structure being three eighths of an inch broad, and not more in length; upper mandible a little bent at the point, the whole much depressed as in the Boat-bill, colour brown.

1881 G. Allen Vignettes from Nature xi. 111 Some of them [sc. waders] are even webfooted, and others boatbilled.

1900 H. D. Astley My Birds in Freedom & Captivity xv. 249 And again the sun's rays shone on the pelicans' breasts, as..the great boat-billed birds flapped high above us in wonderful riband-like lines.

1917 Geogr. Jrnl. 50 211 The great blue-grey boat-billed aberrant stork (Balæniceps rex) is common on the Jur.

1979 H. Jaffe Mole's Pity 58 Mole spotted a boat-billed kiskadee pecking at the surf among a horde of noisy grackles.

2009 N. Drayson Guide Birds East Afr. xxiii. 110 Pelicans (white and spotted) and storks (black, white, woolly-necked, saddle-billed, boat-billed, open-billed and yellow-billed).

Compounds

boat-billed flycatcher n. (a) either of two Australasian boatbills of the genus Machaerirhynchus; = boatbill n. 2a; (b) a large, yellow-breasted tyrant flycatcher of tropical America, Megarynchus pitangua (family Tyrannidae), having a broad, somewhat flattened bill.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > miscellaneous groups or types

Strasbourg finch1783

oscines1853

New Zealand robin1855

lark bunting1858

boat-billed flycatcher1869

oscine1883

bush robin1901

antpitta1911

boatbill1930

parson bird1945

1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. xxxix. 178 The curious little boat-billed flycatchers (Machærirhynchus).

1914 Condor 16 12 One other species may at first sight be mistaken for derbianus, namely, the Mexican Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua mexicanus).

1944 Wilson Bull. 56 149 The Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarhynchus pitangua), a giant in its family, has a strong antipathy to the Swainson's Toucan.

1998 Audubon Jan. 116/2 The program presents a kaleidoscope of tropical colors, thanks to the appearance of toucans, palm tanagers, and boat-billed flycatchers.

boat-billed heron n. [compare earlier boatbill heron at boatbill n. 1] (a) a largely nocturnal heron of Central and South America, Cochlearia cochlearia (family Ardeidae), with a large boat-shaped bill and predominantly pale grey plumage; cf. boatbill n. 1; †(b) the shoebill, Balaeniceps rex (family Balaenicipitidae) (obsolete).

ΚΠ

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 265 The boat-billed heron of Central America, with a singular shape of the bill that has suggested the name.., constitutes one subfamily, Cancrominæ.

1876 A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distrib. Animals I. xi. 260 Balæniceps, the great boat-billed heron of the Upper Nile.

1925 St. Nicholas Nov. 95/1 The boat-billed heron is a native of South America.

2005 Wilson Bull. 117 150/2 Only once..was a colony of Boat-billed Herons (Cochlearius cochlearius) observed within a few hundred meters of a Jabiru nest.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boat-billed
释义	boat-billedadj. Brit. /ˈbəʊtbɪld/, U.S. /ˈboʊtˌbɪld/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.¹, billed adj.¹ Etymology: < boat n.¹ + billed adj.¹ Compare earlier boatbill n. Chiefly in the names of birds: having a broad beak likened to the hull of a boat. Compare boatbill n. See also Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > of particular shape long-billed1594 latirostrous1646 bill-twisteda1657 spoon-billed1668 hook-billed1695 slender-billed1769 thick-billed1770 bow-beaked1791 boat-billed1821 slender-beaked1824 tenuirostral1837 broad-billed1839 planirostrate1858 tenuirostrate1860 planirostral1890 1821 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds I. 59 Tody, boat-billed. 1822 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds IV. xxxi. 97 (heading) Boat-billed Tody... Bill remarkable in structure being three eighths of an inch broad, and not more in length; upper mandible a little bent at the point, the whole much depressed as in the Boat-bill, colour brown. 1881 G. Allen Vignettes from Nature xi. 111 Some of them [sc. waders] are even webfooted, and others boatbilled. 1900 H. D. Astley My Birds in Freedom & Captivity xv. 249 And again the sun's rays shone on the pelicans' breasts, as..the great boat-billed birds flapped high above us in wonderful riband-like lines. 1917 Geogr. Jrnl. 50 211 The great blue-grey boat-billed aberrant stork (Balæniceps rex) is common on the Jur. 1979 H. Jaffe Mole's Pity 58 Mole spotted a boat-billed kiskadee pecking at the surf among a horde of noisy grackles. 2009 N. Drayson Guide Birds East Afr. xxiii. 110 Pelicans (white and spotted) and storks (black, white, woolly-necked, saddle-billed, boat-billed, open-billed and yellow-billed). Compounds boat-billed flycatcher n. (a) either of two Australasian boatbills of the genus Machaerirhynchus; = boatbill n. 2a; (b) a large, yellow-breasted tyrant flycatcher of tropical America, Megarynchus pitangua (family Tyrannidae), having a broad, somewhat flattened bill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > miscellaneous groups or types Strasbourg finch1783 oscines1853 New Zealand robin1855 lark bunting1858 boat-billed flycatcher1869 oscine1883 bush robin1901 antpitta1911 boatbill1930 parson bird1945 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. xxxix. 178 The curious little boat-billed flycatchers (Machærirhynchus). 1914 Condor 16 12 One other species may at first sight be mistaken for derbianus, namely, the Mexican Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua mexicanus). 1944 Wilson Bull. 56 149 The Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarhynchus pitangua), a giant in its family, has a strong antipathy to the Swainson's Toucan. 1998 Audubon Jan. 116/2 The program presents a kaleidoscope of tropical colors, thanks to the appearance of toucans, palm tanagers, and boat-billed flycatchers. boat-billed heron n. [compare earlier boatbill heron at boatbill n. 1] (a) a largely nocturnal heron of Central and South America, Cochlearia cochlearia (family Ardeidae), with a large boat-shaped bill and predominantly pale grey plumage; cf. boatbill n. 1; †(b) the shoebill, Balaeniceps rex (family Balaenicipitidae) (obsolete). ΚΠ 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 265 The boat-billed heron of Central America, with a singular shape of the bill that has suggested the name.., constitutes one subfamily, Cancrominæ. 1876 A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distrib. Animals I. xi. 260 Balæniceps, the great boat-billed heron of the Upper Nile. 1925 St. Nicholas Nov. 95/1 The boat-billed heron is a native of South America. 2005 Wilson Bull. 117 150/2 Only once..was a colony of Boat-billed Herons (Cochlearius cochlearius) observed within a few hundred meters of a Jabiru nest. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1821
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