单词 | waxbill |
释义 | waxbilln. a. n. Any one of numerous small birds of the Ploceidæ or Weaver-bird family, whose bills have a waxy appearance; esp. one of the genus Estrelda, the best-known species being E. astrild of South Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) waxbill1751 1751 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds IV. 179 The Wax Bill... The Bill is of..a fine red Colour, like Sealing-Wax, which I suppose gave the Bird its Name. 1769 Lady M. Coke Jrnl. 19 Aug. (1892) III. 137 The two little birds the East India Capt. gave me..seem to be the same as some of the Duchess of Montagu's and I think she calls them wax bills. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 72/1 In St. Helena birds, known also as wax-bills and red-backs, there is a trade to the same extent. 1875–84 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 470. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 July 14/3 The name waxbill is another of those misleading trade names that cover many species of small birds of different genera which have brightly coloured bills resembling sealing-wax. b. attributive or adj.= wax-billed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > of particular substance soft-billeda1705 waxbill1776 wax-billed1776 1776 P. Brown Nouvelles Illustr. de Zool. 72 White-tailed Wax-bill Finch. 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 152 Wax~bill Grosbeak. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1751 |
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