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单词 south-southerly
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south-southerlyn.

Brit. /saʊθˈsʌðəli/, U.S. /ˌsaʊθˈsəðərli/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: south adv., southerly adv.
Etymology: < south adv. + southerly adv., apparently in imitation of the sound of the bird's call (see quot. 1814).Rationalizations of the name are sometimes offered, e.g.:1854 M. Reid Young Voyageurs xx. 264 In some parts of the United States the caccawee is called ‘south-southerly’, as its voice is there thought to resemble this phrase, while at the same time when most heard—the autumn—these ducks are observed flying in a southerly direction.1903 J. H. Studer Birds N. Amer. (new ed.) 21/1 The Long-tailed Duck passes on the eastern coast of the United States under the name of South-Southerly, from the singular resemblance of its cry to those words. The people inhabiting or living near the coasts say that when these ducks are very clamorous, it betokens a southerly wind or storm.
Chiefly U.S. regional.
The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > clangula hyemalis (old squaw)
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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).
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