bluebilln.

Brit.

/ˈbluːbɪl/, U.S.

/ˈbluˌbɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., bill n.²

Etymology: < blue adj. + bill n.²

†a. Perhaps: the blue grosbeak, Passerina caerulea (family Cardinalidae), of the New World. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1750: stated, apparently erroneously, to occur in Angola.

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1750 Monthly Rev. 3 354 The large blue-bill of Angola, called Azulam by the Portuguese.

1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 250 Edwards mentions a variety [of the blue grosbeak]..said to have been brought from Angola, but was most probably procured from some of the Portuguese settlements in Brazil: by the Portuguese it is called Azulam.]

b. Any of several waxbills constituting the genus Spermophaga (family Estrildidae), which are native to sub-Saharan Africa and have thick bluish bills and bright red and black plumage. Frequently with distinguishing word.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > miscellaneous types of

firefinch1783

redhead1816

firetail1845

fire-tailed finch1845

zebra finch1868

magpie finch1869

cut-throat finch1872

melba finch1876

zebra1879

bluebill1955

1955 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant Birds E. & N.E. Afr. II 987 Red headed bluebill. Spermophaga ruficapilla.

1990 C. G. Sibley & B. L. Monroe Distribution & Taxon. Birds World 691/1 Spermophaga poliogenys... Grant's Bluebill.

2007 P. Briggs E. Afr. Wildlife (Bradt Trav. Guides) 188/2 Arguably the prettiest of all waxbills, however, are the forest dwelling twinspots and bluebills, none more so than the gorgeous red-headed bluebill.

a. English regional (Lancashire) and North American. Either of two scaup ducks with a pale blue-grey bill, Aythya marila and (in North America only) A. affinis.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya marila (scaup)

smeath1622

smee1668

scaup-duck1676

bluebill1792

scaup1798

greyback1824

raft duck1824

mussel duck1864

1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) ii. x. 292 A[nas]. subcærulea; the blue bill.

1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VIII. 84 Scaup Duck..better known among us by the name of the Blue Bill.

1869 Naturalist's Note Bk. 3 370/1 These species of ducks, called blue bills..visit us in winter, and the latter part of autumn seasons, leaving us again in spring to proceed, I suppose, to their breeding grounds in Norway.

1890 J. Watson Nature & Woodcraft vii. 83 The black ducks eventually prove to be Scaups. The fishermen hereabout call them ‘dowkers’ and ‘bluebills’.

1895 Outing Dec. 211/2 Then through the willows came a flock of blue-bill.

1909 R. W. Chambers Firing Line p. x The little blue-bill ducks came swimming in scores.

1965 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 13 Scaup (bluebill, cockleduck: Morecambe Bay, 1892).

2007 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 18 Oct. c10 A ring-bill is smaller than a redhead or bluebill, but the flight is similar.

b. Australian. The blue-billed duck, Oxyura australis, a stiff-tailed duck with dark plumage, the male of which has a bright blue bill in the breeding season.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

Roan duck1763

wood-duck1777

Rouen1785

lady1792

stranger1792

Rouen duck1795

tree-duck1824

Labrador duck1834

hareld1841

whio1847

pink-eyed duck1848

penguin duck1850

topknot duck1850

Aylesbury1854

roan1854

pink-eye1861

Peking duck1874

runner1878

bluebill1884

Steller's (eider) (duck)1884

Peking1885

half-bird1893

torrent-duck1899

1884 G. F. Moore Diary Ten Years Eventful Life Early Settler W. Austral. 95/1 Diver; blue-bill, Oxyura Australis.

1916 Register (Adelaide) 3 Mar. 8/4 Mr. E. Ashby showed the skin of a fine male bluebill duck.

1966 Auk 83 105 Sousing, the most elaborate and remarkable of the Blue-bill's posturings that I observed, begins in a neck-stretched, tail-cocked posture.

2007 Preston (Austral.) Leader (Nexis) 18 July 14 Ms. McDonald, a registered wildlife carer, said two pairs of very rare blue-bills were breeding at the wetlands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bluebill
释义	bluebilln. Brit. /ˈbluːbɪl/, U.S. /ˈbluˌbɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., bill n.² Etymology: < blue adj. + bill n.² 1. †a. Perhaps: the blue grosbeak, Passerina caerulea (family Cardinalidae), of the New World. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1750: stated, apparently erroneously, to occur in Angola. ΚΠ 1750 Monthly Rev. 3 354 The large blue-bill of Angola, called Azulam by the Portuguese. 1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 250 Edwards mentions a variety [of the blue grosbeak]..said to have been brought from Angola, but was most probably procured from some of the Portuguese settlements in Brazil: by the Portuguese it is called Azulam.] b. Any of several waxbills constituting the genus Spermophaga (family Estrildidae), which are native to sub-Saharan Africa and have thick bluish bills and bright red and black plumage. Frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > miscellaneous types of firefinch1783 redhead1816 firetail1845 fire-tailed finch1845 zebra finch1868 magpie finch1869 cut-throat finch1872 melba finch1876 zebra1879 bluebill1955 1955 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant Birds E. & N.E. Afr. II 987 Red headed bluebill. Spermophaga ruficapilla. 1990 C. G. Sibley & B. L. Monroe Distribution & Taxon. Birds World 691/1 Spermophaga poliogenys... Grant's Bluebill. 2007 P. Briggs E. Afr. Wildlife (Bradt Trav. Guides) 188/2 Arguably the prettiest of all waxbills, however, are the forest dwelling twinspots and bluebills, none more so than the gorgeous red-headed bluebill. 2. a. English regional (Lancashire) and North American. Either of two scaup ducks with a pale blue-grey bill, Aythya marila and (in North America only) A. affinis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous) > aythya marila (scaup) smeath1622 smee1668 scaup-duck1676 bluebill1792 scaup1798 greyback1824 raft duck1824 mussel duck1864 1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) ii. x. 292 A[nas]. subcærulea; the blue bill. 1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VIII. 84 Scaup Duck..better known among us by the name of the Blue Bill. 1869 Naturalist's Note Bk. 3 370/1 These species of ducks, called blue bills..visit us in winter, and the latter part of autumn seasons, leaving us again in spring to proceed, I suppose, to their breeding grounds in Norway. 1890 J. Watson Nature & Woodcraft vii. 83 The black ducks eventually prove to be Scaups. The fishermen hereabout call them ‘dowkers’ and ‘bluebills’. 1895 Outing Dec. 211/2 Then through the willows came a flock of blue-bill. 1909 R. W. Chambers Firing Line p. x The little blue-bill ducks came swimming in scores. 1965 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 13 Scaup (bluebill, cockleduck: Morecambe Bay, 1892). 2007 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 18 Oct. c10 A ring-bill is smaller than a redhead or bluebill, but the flight is similar. b. Australian. The blue-billed duck, Oxyura australis, a stiff-tailed duck with dark plumage, the male of which has a bright blue bill in the breeding season. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of Roan duck1763 wood-duck1777 Rouen1785 lady1792 stranger1792 Rouen duck1795 tree-duck1824 Labrador duck1834 hareld1841 whio1847 pink-eyed duck1848 penguin duck1850 topknot duck1850 Aylesbury1854 roan1854 pink-eye1861 Peking duck1874 runner1878 bluebill1884 Steller's (eider) (duck)1884 Peking1885 half-bird1893 torrent-duck1899 1884 G. F. Moore Diary Ten Years Eventful Life Early Settler W. Austral. 95/1 Diver; blue-bill, Oxyura Australis. 1916 Register (Adelaide) 3 Mar. 8/4 Mr. E. Ashby showed the skin of a fine male bluebill duck. 1966 Auk 83 105 Sousing, the most elaborate and remarkable of the Blue-bill's posturings that I observed, begins in a neck-stretched, tail-cocked posture. 2007 Preston (Austral.) Leader (Nexis) 18 July 14 Ms. McDonald, a registered wildlife carer, said two pairs of very rare blue-bills were breeding at the wetlands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1750
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