单词 | swinepipe |
释义 | swinepipen. Now historical and rare. The redwing, Turdus iliacus (so called from the sound of its vocalizations; see etymology). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus iliacus (redwing) wing-thrush1544 swinepipe1649 redwing1668 windle1677 winnarda1698 wind-thrusha1705 redwing fieldfare1767 redwing thrush1768 wind-throstle1826 pop1848 whin-thrush1848 Swedish nightingale1879 1649 C. Hoole Easie Entrance Lat. Tongue 191/1 A swine-pipe, Turdus iliácus. 1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ 139 Turdus Iliacus sive Illas aut Tylas, the Redwing, Swine-pipe, or Wind-Thrush. 1737 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Song-birds 6 The second Sort, called the Redwing, Swinepipe, or Wind-Thursh [sic], is in Shape and Colour, so like the Song-Thursh [sic], that they are hard to be distinguished. 1877 W. Tegg One Hour's Reading ii. 116 The early appearance of woodcocks, snipes, swine-pipes, fieldfares, &c, are prognostications of severe winters. 2008 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 2 Dec. 13 An old name of Swine Pipe tells of the strange whistle the redwing utters at times which is said to resemble the sound of the pipe used by swineherds when collecting their pigs in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1649 |
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