单词 | south-southerly |
释义 | south-southerlyn. Chiefly U.S. regional. The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > clangula hyemalis (old squaw) hound1623 old wife1634 swallow-tailed duck1678 swallow-tailed sheldrake1678 calloo1793 south-southerly1814 oldsquaw1834 long-tail1837 granny1888 sea pheasant1893 1814 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VIII. 93 Known along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay by the name of South Southerly, from the singularity of its cry, something imitative of the sound of those words. 1856 ‘F. Forester’ Compl. Man. Young Sportsmen 346 The south-southerlies..take far too good care of themselves to venture near enough to the stools to tempt the gunner's forbearance. 1902 Nebraska State Jrnl. 29 May 7/3 Occasionally far out on the brown table-lands a duck appears which is rarely seen away from salt water, such as the..south-southerly of Chesapeake bay. 1975 B. Meanley Birds & Marshes Chesapeake Bay Country 127 The mouth of the James, at Hampton Roads, presents a different waterfowl picture, one that finds the sea ducks, the three species of scoters.., and the old-squaw (or south-southerly). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1814 |
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