sprossern.

Brit.

/ˈsprɒsə/, U.S.

/ˈsprɑsər/,

/ˈsprɔsər/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Sprosser.

Etymology: < German Sprosser (18th cent.) < the second element of Sommersprosse freckle (see sprote n.²), so called on account of the bird's slightly speckled breast.

The thrush nightingale, Luscinia luscinia. Also more fully sprosser nightingale.

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sprosser1845

Swedish nightingale1879

1845 Zoologist 3 871 We have two distinct species of nightingale..: the common, or western (Luscinia), and the eastern nightingale, or Sprosser (Philomela).

1871 A. Newton & H. Saunders Yarrell's Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 4) I. 320 A second species of Nightingale occurs..long known to German bird-fanciers as the sprosser.

1915 List Brit. Birds (ed. 2) 96 Luscinia luscinia. Eastern Nightingale or Sprosser... The Sprosser breeds in southern and central Sweden, in northern Germany,..Russia [etc.]

1938 Times 20 Aug. 13/5 The observer may approach to within a few feet of them—warblers of many kinds,..sprosser nightingales,..cuckoos and numerous others.

1989 A. Lewis & D. Pomeroy Bird Atlas Kenya 358/2 The Sprosser is a retiring and unobtrusive bird of dense thickets in bushed and wooded country.

2001 Swara Sept. 11/3 Other interesting Birdwatch sightings included: the tree pipit, the sprosser, the tiny greenbul.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sprosser
释义	sprossern. Brit. /ˈsprɒsə/, U.S. /ˈsprɑsər/, /ˈsprɔsər/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Sprosser. Etymology: < German Sprosser (18th cent.) < the second element of Sommersprosse freckle (see sprote n.²), so called on account of the bird's slightly speckled breast. The thrush nightingale, Luscinia luscinia. Also more fully sprosser nightingale. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Luscinia > luscinia luscinia or thrush-nightingale sprosser1845 Swedish nightingale1879 1845 Zoologist 3 871 We have two distinct species of nightingale..: the common, or western (Luscinia), and the eastern nightingale, or Sprosser (Philomela). 1871 A. Newton & H. Saunders Yarrell's Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 4) I. 320 A second species of Nightingale occurs..long known to German bird-fanciers as the sprosser. 1915 List Brit. Birds (ed. 2) 96 Luscinia luscinia. Eastern Nightingale or Sprosser... The Sprosser breeds in southern and central Sweden, in northern Germany,..Russia [etc.] 1938 Times 20 Aug. 13/5 The observer may approach to within a few feet of them—warblers of many kinds,..sprosser nightingales,..cuckoos and numerous others. 1989 A. Lewis & D. Pomeroy Bird Atlas Kenya 358/2 The Sprosser is a retiring and unobtrusive bird of dense thickets in bushed and wooded country. 2001 Swara Sept. 11/3 Other interesting Birdwatch sightings included: the tree pipit, the sprosser, the tiny greenbul. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1845
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