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单词 golden-mantled
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golden-mantledadj.

Brit. /ˌɡəʊld(ə)nˈmantld/, U.S. /ˌɡoʊld(ə)nˈmæn(t)əld/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: golden adj., mantled adj.
Etymology: < golden adj. + mantled adj.
In the names of birds and mammals: having the shoulders or upper back yellowish in colour.Recorded earliest in golden-mantled ground squirrel.
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1899 C. H. Merriam Results Biol. Surv. Mount Shasta, Calif. 91 Here they were constantly associated with the less abundant golden-mantled ground squirrel.
1921 Jrnl. Mammalogy 2 232 Golden-mantled chipmunks representing the various geographic races of Callospermophilus lateralis..occur throughout most of the higher mountains of the western United States.
1986 Avian Dis. 30 438 Newcastle disease viruses (VVNDVs) were inoculated into golden-mantled rosellas (Platycercus eximius).
1990 New Scientist 8 Dec. 57/1 If you want to learn more about a golden-mantled racket-tailed parrot, or perhaps a flammulated pygmy tyrant, you are likely to be disappointed.
2006 Independent 12 May 21/1 Golden-mantled tree kangaroo. Country: Foja Mountains, New Guinea. Discovered: 2006. An area of the world largely unexplored.

Compounds

golden-mantled ground squirrel n. a North American ground squirrel, Callospermophilus lateralis, with a golden-brown area round the neck and upper back and a distinctive black-edged white stripe down each side.
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1899 C. H. Merriam Results Biol. Surv. Mount Shasta, Calif. 91 Here they were constantly associated with the less abundant golden-mantled ground squirrel.
1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 108 Only three kinds, the Columbian, Richardson's, and golden mantled ground squirrels are common and widespread in the Rockies.
2002 Independent 6 May 15/4 California's golden-mantled ground squirrel hibernates for five to six months but wakes up for a short period about once a week.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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