yellowheadn.

Brit.

/ˈjɛləʊhɛd/, U.S.

/ˈjɛloʊˌhɛd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., head n.¹

Etymology: < yellow adj. + head n.¹

†1. The gilthead bream, Sparus aurata. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > member of genus Sparus

yellowhead1655

sparus1668

spare1803

yellowfin1845

spar1881

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 174 Yellow heads or Giltpoles are before spoken of, next before Gurnards.

†2. In plural. An African plant of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae) having yellow flowers (possibly the South African shrub Chrysocoma coma-aurea, which has scented button-like flowers and narrow leaves). Obsolete. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > everlasting or immortelle

yellow amaranth1551

gold-flower1578

mothwort1578

God's flower1597

golden cudweed1597

golden mothwort1597

moth-weed1597

aurelia1598

everlasting flower1610

everlasting1633

helichrysum1664

yellowheads1712

immortal herb1731

xeranthemum1736

eternal flower1785

immortelle1832

strawflower1924

1712 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 419 Narrow-leaved Cape yellow Heads.

3. A rare songbird endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, Mohoua ochrocephala (family Mohouidae), with a bright yellow head, throat, and underparts, and olive-brown upperparts; = mohua n.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Acanthizinae > genus Mohua

yellowhead1773

bush canary1904

1773 J. R. Forster Jrnl. 13 May in ‘Resolution’ Jrnl. (1982) II. 278 Pohebirds, Fantails..Yellowheads & various other birds inhabit these impenetrable Forests.

1867 Jrnl. Legislative Council New Zealand 102 Mohoua ochrocephala... Popokotea of the Natives. (South Island species.) ‘Yellow-head’, or ‘Native Canary’.

1874 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1873 6 144 Yellow-head. Average weight of specimens, 1½ ounce.

1966 Encycl. N.Z. I. 206/2 Still widely distributed in the deeper forests are..whitehead..and yellowhead.

1995 Notornis 42 97 Male Yellowheads are much noisier and more conspicuous than females.

2002 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 9 Mar. 3/3 In areas where we kill possums we are still losing bird species to things like stoats. In the South Island we are losing the yellowhead.

†4. A small moth which has a head covered in yellow-orange hairs, Tubuliferola flavifrontella (family Oecophoridae). Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types

high-flyer?1749

nonpareil1749

porphyry1819

satin carpet1819

satin pygmy1828

scopolian1829

chalk carpet1832

sieve lackey1832

sprawler1832

tissue1832

treble bar1832

treble gold stripe1832

vesper-beauty1832

viburnian1832

yellowhead1832

flame carpet1862

sting-moth1863

lilac moth1868

luna-moth1869

melon-caterpillar1884

wood-nymph1885

unicorn-moth1891

geometer moth1897

the suspected1908

porina1929

tomato pinworm1931

mopane worm1966

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 210 The Yellow Head ([Porrectaria] flavi-frontella)..the head tawny.

1845 H. N. Humphreys & J. O. Westwood Brit. Moths II. 221 Batia flavifrontella (the yellow head).

5. A blackbird native to North America and Mexico, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (family Icteridae), the male of which is black with a yellow head and breast.Also called yellow-headed blackbird.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > miscellaneous types of

blackbird1602

grackle1772

oropendola1860

yellowhead1868

thrush-blackbird1889

1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 493 I had a lot of land on which the grasshoppers deposited their eggs by the million; as they began to hatch the yellow-heads found them out.

1898 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1897 351 In complaints made against the redwing the yellowhead is frequently included as equally guilty.

1914 N. M. Banta Nature Neighbors IV. xv. 286 The yellow-heads were a sorry-looking lot.

1979 Bird-banding 50 252 About 91,300 Yellow-heads had been banded in the United States through 31 December 1975.

2013 B. Titlow Bird Brains i. 39/1 Yellow-heads nest in marshes and sloughs throughout western North America.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yellowhead
释义	yellowheadn. Brit. /ˈjɛləʊhɛd/, U.S. /ˈjɛloʊˌhɛd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., head n.¹ Etymology: < yellow adj. + head n.¹ †1. The gilthead bream, Sparus aurata. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > member of genus Sparus yellowhead1655 sparus1668 spare1803 yellowfin1845 spar1881 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 174 Yellow heads or Giltpoles are before spoken of, next before Gurnards. †2. In plural. An African plant of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae) having yellow flowers (possibly the South African shrub Chrysocoma coma-aurea, which has scented button-like flowers and narrow leaves). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > everlasting or immortelle yellow amaranth1551 gold-flower1578 mothwort1578 God's flower1597 golden cudweed1597 golden mothwort1597 moth-weed1597 aurelia1598 everlasting flower1610 everlasting1633 helichrysum1664 yellowheads1712 immortal herb1731 xeranthemum1736 eternal flower1785 immortelle1832 strawflower1924 1712 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 419 Narrow-leaved Cape yellow Heads. 3. A rare songbird endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, Mohoua ochrocephala (family Mohouidae), with a bright yellow head, throat, and underparts, and olive-brown upperparts; = mohua n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Acanthizinae > genus Mohua yellowhead1773 bush canary1904 1773 J. R. Forster Jrnl. 13 May in ‘Resolution’ Jrnl. (1982) II. 278 Pohebirds, Fantails..Yellowheads & various other birds inhabit these impenetrable Forests. 1867 Jrnl. Legislative Council New Zealand 102 Mohoua ochrocephala... Popokotea of the Natives. (South Island species.) ‘Yellow-head’, or ‘Native Canary’. 1874 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1873 6 144 Yellow-head. Average weight of specimens, 1½ ounce. 1966 Encycl. N.Z. I. 206/2 Still widely distributed in the deeper forests are..whitehead..and yellowhead. 1995 Notornis 42 97 Male Yellowheads are much noisier and more conspicuous than females. 2002 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 9 Mar. 3/3 In areas where we kill possums we are still losing bird species to things like stoats. In the South Island we are losing the yellowhead. †4. A small moth which has a head covered in yellow-orange hairs, Tubuliferola flavifrontella (family Oecophoridae). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types high-flyer?1749 nonpareil1749 porphyry1819 satin carpet1819 satin pygmy1828 scopolian1829 chalk carpet1832 sieve lackey1832 sprawler1832 tissue1832 treble bar1832 treble gold stripe1832 vesper-beauty1832 viburnian1832 yellowhead1832 flame carpet1862 sting-moth1863 lilac moth1868 luna-moth1869 melon-caterpillar1884 wood-nymph1885 unicorn-moth1891 geometer moth1897 the suspected1908 porina1929 tomato pinworm1931 mopane worm1966 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 210 The Yellow Head ([Porrectaria] flavi-frontella)..the head tawny. 1845 H. N. Humphreys & J. O. Westwood Brit. Moths II. 221 Batia flavifrontella (the yellow head). 5. A blackbird native to North America and Mexico, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (family Icteridae), the male of which is black with a yellow head and breast.Also called yellow-headed blackbird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > miscellaneous types of blackbird1602 grackle1772 oropendola1860 yellowhead1868 thrush-blackbird1889 1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 493 I had a lot of land on which the grasshoppers deposited their eggs by the million; as they began to hatch the yellow-heads found them out. 1898 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1897 351 In complaints made against the redwing the yellowhead is frequently included as equally guilty. 1914 N. M. Banta Nature Neighbors IV. xv. 286 The yellow-heads were a sorry-looking lot. 1979 Bird-banding 50 252 About 91,300 Yellow-heads had been banded in the United States through 31 December 1975. 2013 B. Titlow Bird Brains i. 39/1 Yellow-heads nest in marshes and sloughs throughout western North America. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1655
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