white-cheekedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪ(t)ˈtʃiːkt/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪ(t)ˈtʃikt/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and cheeked adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., cheeked adj.

Etymology: < white adj. + cheeked adj.With use in animal names compare scientific Latin leucogenys (1827).

Having white or pale cheeks. Frequently in names of animals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > cheek > [adjective] > types of cheek > having

blob-cheeked1552

bright-cheekeda1560

plum-cheeked1598

chub-faced1602

white-cheekedc1602

chuffy1611

lantern-jawed1699

lockram-jawed1699

blubber-cheeked1711

chub-cheeked1715

lank-jawed1778

apple-faced1781

chubby-faced1826

apple-cheeked1827

lank-cheeked1838

bag-cheeked1839

poke-cheeked1843

maiden-cheeked1866

c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies ii. xviii. sig. D4^v White-cheekt Penelope [L. candida Penelope] knewe Vlysses signe.

1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 331 (margin) White-cheeked Weesel.

1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. ii. 496 The White-cheeked Finch is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.

1881 Sunday at Home 23 Apr. 261/1 The tall slight girl..was seen descending the stairs, with the frail golden-haired white-cheeked child clinging to her.

1903 W. Buckley Croppies Lie Down xxiii. 314 Devereux saluted, and clattered away in the wake of his comrade's pikemen,..flinging sprightly taunts at the white-cheeked girls telling him he would be murdered.

1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 159 The white-cheeked honeyeater..inhabits heath country and open timbered areas.

2006 New Yorker 24 Apr. 50/3 He reported sightings of whiskered terns and white-cheeked bulbuls.

Compounds

white-cheeked gibbon n. either of two gibbons of Laos and Vietnam whose males and juveniles have conspicuous patches of white on the cheeks, Nomascus leucogenys and N. siki.These gibbons were long thought to be conspecific.

ΚΠ

1841 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Bengal 10 838 The White-cheeked Gibbon, (H. Leucogenys, Ogilby), a species lately characterized from a young individual in the possession of the Zoological Society.

1933 Sigma Xi Q. 21 74 While it is true that Eoutan, a French student, thought he could distinguish a few words as spoken by a white-cheeked gibbon, he finally came to the conclusion that the vocal expressions of this animal are instinctive and practically independent of the experience or special training of the individual.

1982 B.T. Deputte in Primate Communication iv.87 The white-cheeked gibbon duet is more than a mere female plus male song. It appears to signal the existence and location of a still-established mating pair.

2013 Chicagoist (Nexis) 26 Aug. White-cheeked gibbon mothers are the primary caretakers of their offspring, unlike other ape species who may share the workload associated with an infant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	white-cheeked
释义	white-cheekedadj. Brit. /ˌwʌɪ(t)ˈtʃiːkt/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪ(t)ˈtʃikt/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and cheeked adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., cheeked adj. Etymology: < white adj. + cheeked adj.With use in animal names compare scientific Latin leucogenys (1827). Having white or pale cheeks. Frequently in names of animals. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > cheek > [adjective] > types of cheek > having blob-cheeked1552 bright-cheekeda1560 plum-cheeked1598 chub-faced1602 white-cheekedc1602 chuffy1611 lantern-jawed1699 lockram-jawed1699 blubber-cheeked1711 chub-cheeked1715 lank-jawed1778 apple-faced1781 chubby-faced1826 apple-cheeked1827 lank-cheeked1838 bag-cheeked1839 poke-cheeked1843 maiden-cheeked1866 c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies ii. xviii. sig. D4^v White-cheekt Penelope [L. candida Penelope] knewe Vlysses signe. 1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 331 (margin) White-cheeked Weesel. 1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. ii. 496 The White-cheeked Finch is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 1881 Sunday at Home 23 Apr. 261/1 The tall slight girl..was seen descending the stairs, with the frail golden-haired white-cheeked child clinging to her. 1903 W. Buckley Croppies Lie Down xxiii. 314 Devereux saluted, and clattered away in the wake of his comrade's pikemen,..flinging sprightly taunts at the white-cheeked girls telling him he would be murdered. 1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 159 The white-cheeked honeyeater..inhabits heath country and open timbered areas. 2006 New Yorker 24 Apr. 50/3 He reported sightings of whiskered terns and white-cheeked bulbuls. Compounds white-cheeked gibbon n. either of two gibbons of Laos and Vietnam whose males and juveniles have conspicuous patches of white on the cheeks, Nomascus leucogenys and N. siki.These gibbons were long thought to be conspecific. ΚΠ 1841 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Bengal 10 838 The White-cheeked Gibbon, (H. Leucogenys, Ogilby), a species lately characterized from a young individual in the possession of the Zoological Society. 1933 Sigma Xi Q. 21 74 While it is true that Eoutan, a French student, thought he could distinguish a few words as spoken by a white-cheeked gibbon, he finally came to the conclusion that the vocal expressions of this animal are instinctive and practically independent of the experience or special training of the individual. 1982 B.T. Deputte in Primate Communication iv.87 The white-cheeked gibbon duet is more than a mere female plus male song. It appears to signal the existence and location of a still-established mating pair. 2013 Chicagoist (Nexis) 26 Aug. White-cheeked gibbon mothers are the primary caretakers of their offspring, unlike other ape species who may share the workload associated with an infant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1602
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