sugar-birdn.

Etymology: German zuckervogel is used in senses 1, 2 Sense 3 is after Dutch suikervogel.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsugar-bird.

A name applied to various small birds which feed (or were supposed to feed) on the nectar of flowers.

†1. = canary bird n. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Serinus > serinus canaria (canary)

serin1530

canary bird1562

Canary finch1608

canary1622

sugar-bird1688

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xi. 242/2 The Canary Bird, or Sugar Bird..is as big as a common Titmouse.

2. A bird of the genus Certhiola, belonging to the family Cærebidæ, in the West Indies and South America; also applied to the genera Certhia and Dacnis.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Certhiidae

sugar-bird1787

sugar-eater1796

wren creeper1811

tree-creeper1814

tree-climber1879

tree-clipper1885

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun] > genus coereba

sugar-bird1787

sugar-eater1796

sai1869

honeycreeper1872

guit-guit1893

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Thraupinae (tanager) > genus Dacnis

sugar-bird1787

sugar-eater1796

1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. I. 128 Famous Creeper... A Specimen of this, in the collection of the late Mr. Boddam, was called by the name of Sugar-Bird.

1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 255 The Sugar-birds, or Cerebidæ, are confined to the tropical parts of America.

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III iii. 761 The Banana Quit is the Sugar-bird.

1902 Nature 25 Sept. 541/2 A Blue Sugar-bird (Dacnis cayana) from Brazil.

3. Applied to various members of the family Nectariniidæ or Sun-birds of Africa; also, an African honey-eater of the genus Promerops.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Nectariniidae (sun-bird)

sugar-eater1796

sugar-bird1798

sunbird1826

nectar bird1842

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Meliphagidae (honey-eater) > genus Promerops (sugar-bird)

promerops1775

sugar-bird1798

1798 A. Barnard Jrnl. Apr. in A. W. C. Linsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 408 The sugar-bird's tail..is long and elegantly formed.

1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. ii. 18 The delicate Humming-birds (Trochili) of South America are, in Southern Africa, represented by the Nectariniæ, here called by the Dutch colonists Suiker-vogels (sugar-birds), from having been observed..to feed principally on the honey of the flowers of the Suiker-bosch (sugar-bush).

1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches 22 Brilliant as the glancing plumes Of sugar-birds among its blooms.

1908 Christian Express 1 Apr. 55/1 A male Long~tailed sugar-bird (Promerops cafer).

1910 D. Fairbridge That which hath Been iii. 27 The emerald-throated sugar-birds..darted from one pink protea to another.

1973 S. Cloete Company with Heart of Gold 155 A sugar bird returned to its infinitesimal nest in the grey bush.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	sugar-bird
释义	sugar-birdn. Etymology: German zuckervogel is used in senses 1, 2 Sense 3 is after Dutch suikervogel.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsugar-bird. A name applied to various small birds which feed (or were supposed to feed) on the nectar of flowers. †1. = canary bird n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Serinus > serinus canaria (canary) serin1530 canary bird1562 Canary finch1608 canary1622 sugar-bird1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xi. 242/2 The Canary Bird, or Sugar Bird..is as big as a common Titmouse. 2. A bird of the genus Certhiola, belonging to the family Cærebidæ, in the West Indies and South America; also applied to the genera Certhia and Dacnis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Certhiidae sugar-bird1787 sugar-eater1796 wren creeper1811 tree-creeper1814 tree-climber1879 tree-clipper1885 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun] > genus coereba sugar-bird1787 sugar-eater1796 sai1869 honeycreeper1872 guit-guit1893 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Thraupinae (tanager) > genus Dacnis sugar-bird1787 sugar-eater1796 1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. I. 128 Famous Creeper... A Specimen of this, in the collection of the late Mr. Boddam, was called by the name of Sugar-Bird. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 255 The Sugar-birds, or Cerebidæ, are confined to the tropical parts of America. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III iii. 761 The Banana Quit is the Sugar-bird. 1902 Nature 25 Sept. 541/2 A Blue Sugar-bird (Dacnis cayana) from Brazil. 3. Applied to various members of the family Nectariniidæ or Sun-birds of Africa; also, an African honey-eater of the genus Promerops. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Nectariniidae (sun-bird) sugar-eater1796 sugar-bird1798 sunbird1826 nectar bird1842 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Meliphagidae (honey-eater) > genus Promerops (sugar-bird) promerops1775 sugar-bird1798 1798 A. Barnard Jrnl. Apr. in A. W. C. Linsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 408 The sugar-bird's tail..is long and elegantly formed. 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. ii. 18 The delicate Humming-birds (Trochili) of South America are, in Southern Africa, represented by the Nectariniæ, here called by the Dutch colonists Suiker-vogels (sugar-birds), from having been observed..to feed principally on the honey of the flowers of the Suiker-bosch (sugar-bush). 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches 22 Brilliant as the glancing plumes Of sugar-birds among its blooms. 1908 Christian Express 1 Apr. 55/1 A male Long~tailed sugar-bird (Promerops cafer). 1910 D. Fairbridge That which hath Been iii. 27 The emerald-throated sugar-birds..darted from one pink protea to another. 1973 S. Cloete Company with Heart of Gold 155 A sugar bird returned to its infinitesimal nest in the grey bush. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1688
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