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单词 whites thrush
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White's thrushn.

Brit. /ˌwʌɪts ˈθrʌʃ/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪts ˈθrəʃ/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name White , thrush n.1
Etymology: < the genitive of the name of Gilbert White (1720–93), English naturalist + thrush n.1 Compare scientific Latin Turdus Whitei , former scientific name of the bird (T. Eyton 1836, in the source of quot. 1836).
The thrush Zoothera aurea of eastern Eurasia, which has yellowish-brown and white plumage with black, scale-like markings.Frequently regarded as conspecific with, or a subspecies of, the scaly thrush, Z. dauma.
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White's thrush1836
ground-thrush1855
Siberian thrush1901
1836 T. Eyton Hist. Rarer Brit. Birds i. 93 The general colour of White's Thrush, on the upper surface, is ochraceous yellow, with a greenish tinge on the crown; tips of all the feathers, black, or dusky, forming narrow transverse lunated spots.
1843 Zoologist 1 104 The so-called White's Thrush..is only an accidental straggler into Europe.
1893 Ibis 371 (title) On the occurrence of White's thrush in European Russia.
1954 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles III. 165 In its plumage White's thrush is characterized by the very prominent black crescentic markings.
2011 R. Hume Birds Brit. & Europe (R.S.P.B.) (rev. ed.) 417/1 Only a juvenile Mistle Thrush..looks much like a White's Thrush.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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