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单词 whydah
释义

whydahn.

Brit. /ˈwɪdə/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪdə/
Forms: Also whidah.
Etymology: Name of a town in the Kingdom of Dahomey, West Africa (now Ouidah, a city in Benin). Whydah bird is an alteration of widowbird n., due to association with this as one of the habitats of these birds.
1. In full whydah-bird, etc.: = widowbird n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Viduinae (whydah)
widow1747
widowbird1765
whydah1781
widowfinch1831
mourning widow1869
1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 178 Whidah B[unting]... Rather less than a Hedge Sparrow.
1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 178 (note) Whidah Bird.
1872 D. Livingstone 19 June in Last Jrnls. (1874) II. vii. 199 The young whydah birds crouch closely together at night for heat.
1872 D. Livingstone 19 June in Last Jrnls. (1874) II. vii. 199 Whydahs, though full fledged, still gladly take a feed from their dam.
1896 G. E. Shelley For. Finches 273 The Whydahs..form a natural group of Finches, nearly allied to the Weavers.
2. whidaw goat n. a West-African species of goat, Capra reversa. whidah thrush n. Pholidauges leucogaster.
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the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > miscellaneous
night-raveneOE
cold-finch1676
crane1678
diver1694
solitary1708
wheat-bird1747
yellow-bill1775
Chinese thrush1781
whidah thrush1781
tomtit1789
solitaire1797
year-bird1798
softbill1830
swift-shrike1841
scissor bird1843
seed finch1862
sea-flyer1869
stalker1872
seven sisters1873
dicky bird1879
baboon bird1883
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Capra > other types of
goateOE
ibex1607
whidaw goat1781
shawl-goat1793
jaal-goat1838
Nubian1879
Nubian goat1879
Toggenburg1886
Anglo-Nubian1898
Saanen1908
walia1932
1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 57 Goat..Whidaw. Capra reversa... From Juda or Whidaw, in Africa. A small kind: the horns short, smooth, and turn a little forwards.
1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 58 Whidah Thr[ush]. Size of a Lark, or rather less:..the plumage in general is violet, excepting the belly, which is white... Inhabits the kingdom of Whidah, in Africa.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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