bluegilln.

Brit.

/ˈbluːɡɪl/, U.S.

/ˈbluˌɡɪl/

Forms:

α. 1800s– bluegills.

β. 1800s– bluegill.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., gill n.¹

Etymology: In α. forms < blue adj. + the plural of gill n.¹ In β. forms < blue adj. + gill n.¹ In sense 1 so called on account of the blue wattle on each side of its bill.

1. New Zealand. The kokako, Callaeas cinereus (family Callaeidae), the adult of which (on North Island) has a blue wattle on each side of the bill.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Callaeidae > callaeas cinerea (kokako)

wattle-bird1773

wattle-crow1837

jack bird1866

kokako1873

bluegill1874

1874 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1873 6 147 The writer found that in the Wairarapa the Glaucopis wilsoni is sometimes familiarly known as ‘the blue-gills’.

1966 R. A. Falla et al. Field Guide Birds N.Z. 236 Kokako... Wattled Crow, Organ-bird, Gill-bird, Bluegill (N.I.).

2006 S. Marchant et al. Handbk. Austral., N.Z. & Antarctic Birds VII. a. 965 Kokako... Other English Names North Island, South Island or Orange-wattled Kokako..; Gillbird or Blue Gill; Organ-bird.

2. A freshwater sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus (family Centrarchidae), with a dark blue spot on the rear of the opercular flap, which is native to North America and widely introduced elsewhere. Also more fully bluegill sunfish.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Centrarchidae (sun-fish) > [noun] > member of genus Lepomis (sun-fish)

bream1634

roach1637

sunfish1685

round robin1709

yellowbelly1775

redbelly1791

brim1795

sun perch1804

pumpkin seed1815

sunny1835

bluegill1877

redbreast1877

tobacco-box1877

red-eared sunfish1889

shell-cracker1889

sun1896

redear1931

1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 50 The lake is well- stocked with pike, pickerel, croppies, ring perch, blue-gills, etc.

1909 C. F. Holder & D. S. Jordan Fish Stories 240 Some of these [sunfish] are called blue-gills, dollardee, red-eye, rock-bass, grass-bass.

1954 Ecology 35 490/1 The experiments have been continued, using the bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) because it is widely distributed in the United States.

2007 D. S. Wilson Evol. for Everyone xv. 105 We..spent a pleasant hour catching bluegill sunfish.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bluegill
释义	bluegilln. Brit. /ˈbluːɡɪl/, U.S. /ˈbluˌɡɪl/ Forms: α. 1800s– bluegills. β. 1800s– bluegill. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., gill n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms < blue adj. + the plural of gill n.¹ In β. forms < blue adj. + gill n.¹ In sense 1 so called on account of the blue wattle on each side of its bill. 1. New Zealand. The kokako, Callaeas cinereus (family Callaeidae), the adult of which (on North Island) has a blue wattle on each side of the bill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Callaeidae > callaeas cinerea (kokako) wattle-bird1773 wattle-crow1837 jack bird1866 kokako1873 bluegill1874 1874 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1873 6 147 The writer found that in the Wairarapa the Glaucopis wilsoni is sometimes familiarly known as ‘the blue-gills’. 1966 R. A. Falla et al. Field Guide Birds N.Z. 236 Kokako... Wattled Crow, Organ-bird, Gill-bird, Bluegill (N.I.). 2006 S. Marchant et al. Handbk. Austral., N.Z. & Antarctic Birds VII. a. 965 Kokako... Other English Names North Island, South Island or Orange-wattled Kokako..; Gillbird or Blue Gill; Organ-bird. 2. A freshwater sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus (family Centrarchidae), with a dark blue spot on the rear of the opercular flap, which is native to North America and widely introduced elsewhere. Also more fully bluegill sunfish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Centrarchidae (sun-fish) > [noun] > member of genus Lepomis (sun-fish) bream1634 roach1637 sunfish1685 round robin1709 yellowbelly1775 redbelly1791 brim1795 sun perch1804 pumpkin seed1815 sunny1835 bluegill1877 redbreast1877 tobacco-box1877 red-eared sunfish1889 shell-cracker1889 sun1896 redear1931 1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 50 The lake is well- stocked with pike, pickerel, croppies, ring perch, blue-gills, etc. 1909 C. F. Holder & D. S. Jordan Fish Stories 240 Some of these [sunfish] are called blue-gills, dollardee, red-eye, rock-bass, grass-bass. 1954 Ecology 35 490/1 The experiments have been continued, using the bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) because it is widely distributed in the United States. 2007 D. S. Wilson Evol. for Everyone xv. 105 We..spent a pleasant hour catching bluegill sunfish. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1874
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