iiwin.

/iːˈiːwi/

Etymology: Hawaiian.

A Hawaiian bird, the honeycreeper Vestiaria coccinea, whose red feathers were formerly used to make the cloaks of native chiefs.

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1784 J. King Cook's Voy. Pacific III. v. vi. 119 The birds of these islands are as beautiful as any we have seen... Another is of an exceeding bright scarlet colour;..its native name is eeeeve.

1890 S. B. Wilson & A. H. Evans Aves Hawaiienses i. viii. 1 Vestiaria Coccinea. Olokele or Iiwi.

1890 S. B. Wilson & A. H. Evans Aves Hawaiienses i. viii. 3 The call-note of the ‘Iiwi’ is peculiar, and is very powerful for so small a songster.

1893 A. Newton Dict. Birds Eee-eve, in modern spelling Iiwi, the English rendering by many voyagers of the native name of the beautiful scarlet Vestiaria coccinea.

1899 A. H. Evans in Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. vii. 564 The splendid feather-cloaks of the Hawaiian kings..were of old chiefly composed of the plumage of the ‘Mamo’ (Drepanis pacifica) and the ‘Iiwi’ (Vestiaria coccinea).

1915 W. A. Bryan Nat. Hist. Hawaii xxxi. 430 The beautiful red iiwi..is infested with three genera [of bird-lice].

1944 G. C. Munro Birds Hawaii 93 With bright scarlet body, black wings and tail, and rose colored, inch long, curved bill, the iiwi is one of the most beautiful of the Hawaiian native birds.

1970 S. Carlquist Hawaii xi. 198 Iiwis are still relatively common in a number of forest areas of the Islands.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	iiwi
释义	iiwin. /iːˈiːwi/ Etymology: Hawaiian. A Hawaiian bird, the honeycreeper Vestiaria coccinea, whose red feathers were formerly used to make the cloaks of native chiefs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Drepanididae (honey-creeper) parrotbill1778 iiwi1784 honeycreeper1872 ou1887 Laysan finch1893 1784 J. King Cook's Voy. Pacific III. v. vi. 119 The birds of these islands are as beautiful as any we have seen... Another is of an exceeding bright scarlet colour;..its native name is eeeeve. 1890 S. B. Wilson & A. H. Evans Aves Hawaiienses i. viii. 1 Vestiaria Coccinea. Olokele or Iiwi. 1890 S. B. Wilson & A. H. Evans Aves Hawaiienses i. viii. 3 The call-note of the ‘Iiwi’ is peculiar, and is very powerful for so small a songster. 1893 A. Newton Dict. Birds Eee-eve, in modern spelling Iiwi, the English rendering by many voyagers of the native name of the beautiful scarlet Vestiaria coccinea. 1899 A. H. Evans in Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. vii. 564 The splendid feather-cloaks of the Hawaiian kings..were of old chiefly composed of the plumage of the ‘Mamo’ (Drepanis pacifica) and the ‘Iiwi’ (Vestiaria coccinea). 1915 W. A. Bryan Nat. Hist. Hawaii xxxi. 430 The beautiful red iiwi..is infested with three genera [of bird-lice]. 1944 G. C. Munro Birds Hawaii 93 With bright scarlet body, black wings and tail, and rose colored, inch long, curved bill, the iiwi is one of the most beautiful of the Hawaiian native birds. 1970 S. Carlquist Hawaii xi. 198 Iiwis are still relatively common in a number of forest areas of the Islands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1784
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