white-tailedadj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtteɪld/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌteɪld/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and tailed adj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., tailed adj.¹

Etymology: < white adj. + tailed adj.¹

Having a tail or posterior end that is white or conspicuously marked with white. Frequently in names of birds and other animals.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail > having a white tail

white-tailed1641

1641 in J. Wilson Ann. Hawick (1850) 53 Ane foir meir, quhyt mainet and quhyt taillet.

1758 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. I. 100 The upper figure on the plate is the White-tailed Humming-bird.

1776 P. Brown Nouvelles Illustr. de Zool. 72 White-tailed Wax-bill Finch.

1830 N.-Y. Spectator 28 Dec. We wonder if the good doctor would stand still and suffer a couple of dozen large white-tailed hornets to thump away at his sinciput.

1889 E. W. Oates Fauna Brit. India I. 80 At Thayetmyo both buff- and white-tailed birds occur.

1936 ‘P. Quentin’ Puzzle for Fools xx. 181 I get no kick out of the sex-life of the white-tailed baboon.

1972 Condor 74 489/1 The preferred habitat of the White-tailed Kite in El Salvador is open country, usually pastures, dominated by occasional tall trees.

2003 Daily Tel. 20 May 21/6–7 Bumble-bees, particularly our large and once common white-tailed bumble-bee, Bombus leucorum, are no doubt in decline.

2011 K. K. Rosenthal Waiting 146 A visual vignette of Maddie came to me:..one hand holding the reins of a big, beautiful sorrel, the other holding a carrot for her white-tailed, white-maned friend.

Compounds

white-tailed deer n. a North American deer having a tail with a white underside, Odocoileus virginianus.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Odocoileus > Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)

fallow deer1584

red deer1584

whitetail1805

white-tailed deer1829

flagtail1895

Key deer1922

1829 Zool. Jrnl. 4 330 Long or white-tailed Deer, Chevreuil of the Canadian Voyagers.

1948 A. L. Rand Mammals E. Rockies 208 When the alarmed white-tailed deer goes bounding away, its tail usually stands straight up, and it is a great snowy banner that leaves no doubt of identity.

2013 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 17 Feb. (Herald-Times ed.) f1/1 (caption) Hunting white-tailed deer and elk on special farms in Indiana is something some outdoor groups are opposing.

white-tailed eagle n. (also white-tailed sea eagle) a Eurasian sea eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla, which has a pale buff head and neck and a white tail.

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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > eagles > genus Haliaetus > species albicilla (white-tailed eagle)

erneOE

pygarga1398

sea-eagle1668

white-tailed eagle1678

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. 61 Of the Pygarg or white-tail'd Eagle.

1850 Bell's Life in London 23 June 8/2 I visited Loch Tuigh, being informed that a white tailed eagle had built its nest in an island in that loch, but found nothing of the kind.

2009 Independent 13 Apr. 14/5 Rangers are employed to guide tourists through the stunning landscape, pointing out..species such as the white-tailed eagles.

white-tailed gnu n. the black wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou, which has a white tail contrasting with its dark-brown coat.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Alcelaphinae > genus Connochaetes (wildebeest or gnu)

Gorgon1607

gnu1777

kokoon1806

wildebeest1824

white-tailed gnu1858

1858 Illustr. London News 6 Nov. 428/1 It [sc. the quagga] is almost invariably to be found ranging with the white-tailed gnu and with the ostrich.

1912 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Animal Life Afr. vii. 106 There is no more remarkable beast, either in appearance or manners,..than the white-tailed gnu.

2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 89/2 The..White-tailed gnu (Connochaetes gnou) is a stocky, dark-brown antelope with front-facing horns.

white-tailed ptarmigan n. [compare scientific Latin leucurus, specific name (1831)] a ptarmigan of mountainous regions of western North America, Lagopus leucura, which retains a white tail and underparts in its otherwise brownish summer plumage.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus leucurus (white-tailed ptarmigan)

white-tailed ptarmigan1834

ptarmigan1858

snow-quail1895

1834 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Gallinaceous Birds (Naturalist's Libr.: Ornithol. IV) II. 174 White-tailed Ptarmigan..is at once distinguished from any of the rest by the want of black on the pure winter plumage.

1918 J. Muir Steep Trails xxii. 326 The white-tailed ptarmigan lives on the lofty snow peaks above the timber.

2013 Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado) (Nexis) 27 Nov. If you're ski touring..in the mountains, watch for weasels, snowshoe hares and white-tailed ptarmigan, all of which have changed to winter whites.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

a. Having, or furnished with, a tail or tails; in Zoology and Botany = caudate adj. Often in parasynthetic combinations, as long-tailed, white-tailed, etc.

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the world > the universe > star > [adjective] > having a tail

tailed1297

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] > appendage

tailed1297

appendiculated1752

appendiculate1836

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail

i-teileda1240

tailed1297

caudate1600

scutted1634

betailed1762

the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > others

lachrymal1607

tauriform1721

diminished1726

tailed1767

acinose1796

aciniform1798

acinous1809

slab-sided1817

lip-like1836

mound-like1843

high-centred1847

square-toed1851

brush-shaped1880

mushroom1884

bolster-shaped1900

arrowhead1934

narrow-gutted1952

panhandled1960

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8821 Men iseie iwis Þe tailede sterre, þat gret bodiinge is.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 158 What haf I to do with Inglis tayled kyng?

a1400 R. Glouc.'s Chron. (Rolls) App. T. 10 Ȝute libbeþ of þe kunde ytailed maniȝe so.

1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. xx. 20 Thenne answered this tailed worm.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises v. xii. f. 261^v He is eared and tailed like a rat.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. l. 352 Panthers are not in that wise tailed.

1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 147 That called the tailed-bandage, used in compound fractures.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 44 [A] blue baize tailed coat.

1890 J. P. Ballard Among Moths & Butterflies 17 The hinder wings tailed.

单词	white-tailed
释义	white-tailedadj. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtteɪld/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌteɪld/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and tailed adj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., tailed adj.¹ Etymology: < white adj. + tailed adj.¹ Having a tail or posterior end that is white or conspicuously marked with white. Frequently in names of birds and other animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail > having a white tail white-tailed1641 1641 in J. Wilson Ann. Hawick (1850) 53 Ane foir meir, quhyt mainet and quhyt taillet. 1758 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. I. 100 The upper figure on the plate is the White-tailed Humming-bird. 1776 P. Brown Nouvelles Illustr. de Zool. 72 White-tailed Wax-bill Finch. 1830 N.-Y. Spectator 28 Dec. We wonder if the good doctor would stand still and suffer a couple of dozen large white-tailed hornets to thump away at his sinciput. 1889 E. W. Oates Fauna Brit. India I. 80 At Thayetmyo both buff- and white-tailed birds occur. 1936 ‘P. Quentin’ Puzzle for Fools xx. 181 I get no kick out of the sex-life of the white-tailed baboon. 1972 Condor 74 489/1 The preferred habitat of the White-tailed Kite in El Salvador is open country, usually pastures, dominated by occasional tall trees. 2003 Daily Tel. 20 May 21/6–7 Bumble-bees, particularly our large and once common white-tailed bumble-bee, Bombus leucorum, are no doubt in decline. 2011 K. K. Rosenthal Waiting 146 A visual vignette of Maddie came to me:..one hand holding the reins of a big, beautiful sorrel, the other holding a carrot for her white-tailed, white-maned friend. Compounds white-tailed deer n. a North American deer having a tail with a white underside, Odocoileus virginianus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Odocoileus > Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) fallow deer1584 red deer1584 whitetail1805 white-tailed deer1829 flagtail1895 Key deer1922 1829 Zool. Jrnl. 4 330 Long or white-tailed Deer, Chevreuil of the Canadian Voyagers. 1948 A. L. Rand Mammals E. Rockies 208 When the alarmed white-tailed deer goes bounding away, its tail usually stands straight up, and it is a great snowy banner that leaves no doubt of identity. 2013 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 17 Feb. (Herald-Times ed.) f1/1 (caption) Hunting white-tailed deer and elk on special farms in Indiana is something some outdoor groups are opposing. white-tailed eagle n. (also white-tailed sea eagle) a Eurasian sea eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla, which has a pale buff head and neck and a white tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > eagles > genus Haliaetus > species albicilla (white-tailed eagle) erneOE pygarga1398 sea-eagle1668 white-tailed eagle1678 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. 61 Of the Pygarg or white-tail'd Eagle. 1850 Bell's Life in London 23 June 8/2 I visited Loch Tuigh, being informed that a white tailed eagle had built its nest in an island in that loch, but found nothing of the kind. 2009 Independent 13 Apr. 14/5 Rangers are employed to guide tourists through the stunning landscape, pointing out..species such as the white-tailed eagles. white-tailed gnu n. the black wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou, which has a white tail contrasting with its dark-brown coat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Alcelaphinae > genus Connochaetes (wildebeest or gnu) Gorgon1607 gnu1777 kokoon1806 wildebeest1824 white-tailed gnu1858 1858 Illustr. London News 6 Nov. 428/1 It [sc. the quagga] is almost invariably to be found ranging with the white-tailed gnu and with the ostrich. 1912 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Animal Life Afr. vii. 106 There is no more remarkable beast, either in appearance or manners,..than the white-tailed gnu. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 89/2 The..White-tailed gnu (Connochaetes gnou) is a stocky, dark-brown antelope with front-facing horns. white-tailed ptarmigan n. [compare scientific Latin leucurus, specific name (1831)] a ptarmigan of mountainous regions of western North America, Lagopus leucura, which retains a white tail and underparts in its otherwise brownish summer plumage. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus leucurus (white-tailed ptarmigan) white-tailed ptarmigan1834 ptarmigan1858 snow-quail1895 1834 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Gallinaceous Birds (Naturalist's Libr.: Ornithol. IV) II. 174 White-tailed Ptarmigan..is at once distinguished from any of the rest by the want of black on the pure winter plumage. 1918 J. Muir Steep Trails xxii. 326 The white-tailed ptarmigan lives on the lofty snow peaks above the timber. 2013 Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado) (Nexis) 27 Nov. If you're ski touring..in the mountains, watch for weasels, snowshoe hares and white-tailed ptarmigan, all of which have changed to winter whites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas white-tailed a. Having, or furnished with, a tail or tails; in Zoology and Botany = caudate adj. Often in parasynthetic combinations, as long-tailed, white-tailed, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > [adjective] > having a tail tailed1297 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] > appendage tailed1297 appendiculated1752 appendiculate1836 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail i-teileda1240 tailed1297 caudate1600 scutted1634 betailed1762 the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > others lachrymal1607 tauriform1721 diminished1726 tailed1767 acinose1796 aciniform1798 acinous1809 slab-sided1817 lip-like1836 mound-like1843 high-centred1847 square-toed1851 brush-shaped1880 mushroom1884 bolster-shaped1900 arrowhead1934 narrow-gutted1952 panhandled1960 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8821 Men iseie iwis Þe tailede sterre, þat gret bodiinge is. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 158 What haf I to do with Inglis tayled kyng? a1400 R. Glouc.'s Chron. (Rolls) App. T. 10 Ȝute libbeþ of þe kunde ytailed maniȝe so. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. xx. 20 Thenne answered this tailed worm. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises v. xii. f. 261^v He is eared and tailed like a rat. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. l. 352 Panthers are not in that wise tailed. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 147 That called the tailed-bandage, used in compound fractures. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 44 [A] blue baize tailed coat. 1890 J. P. Ballard Among Moths & Butterflies 17 The hinder wings tailed. extracted from tailedadj.¹ < adj.1641 as lemmas
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white-tailedadj.

Compounds

> as lemmas