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Audubon|ˈɔːdəbən|
The name of J. J. Audubon (1785–1851), American ornithologist, used attrib. or in the possessive case of certain birds.
1837Townsend in Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. VII. 191 Audubon's Warbler..inhabits the forests of the Columbia river. 1909Webster s.v. shearwater, The Manx shearwater..and the Audubon's shearwater..common about the West Indies, Florida coasts, etc., are small species. 1933Discovery Feb. 62/2 The petrel known as Aud[u]bon's shearwater is sometimes confused with the capped petrel, ‘Le Diablotin’, owing to the fact that both birds have the same colloquial name in the different islands [sc. Dominica and Grenada]. |