wishtonwishn.
/ˈwɪʃtənwɪʃ/ Native name for the prairie dog n. of North America. Used by Fenimore Cooper for whippoorwill.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Cynomys (prairie-dog)
prairie dog1804
wishtonwish1806
prairie squirrel1808
squirrel1808
prairie marmot1826
the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus vociferus (whip-poor-will)
whippoorwill1709
pope1781
wishtonwish1806
1806 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1811) 207 Some prairie squirrels, or wish-ton-wishes.
1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans II. v. 81 ‘'Tis a pleasing bird,..and has a soft and melancholy note.’.. ‘He speaks of the wish-ton-wish,’ said the scout.
1829 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana I. 154 The Wistonwish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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