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单词 jack bird
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jack birdn.

Brit. /ˈdʒak bəːd/, U.S. /ˈdʒæk ˌbərd/, New Zealand English /ˈdʒɛk bɜːd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Jack n.2, bird n.
Etymology: < Jack n.2 (compare sense 37 at that entry) + bird n.In sense 2 the first element shows a substitution for Maori tīeke juvenile of the saddleback.
1. English regional. The fieldfare, Turdus pilaris. Now rare.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus pilaris (fieldfare)
fieldfareOE
juniper1598
storm cock1769
pigeon fieldfare1812
bluetail1836
jack bird1861
felt1879
1861 J. C. Atkinson Brit. Birds' Eggs & Nests 50 Fieldfare—(Turdus pilaris). Felfit, Felty-fare, Blue-back, Jack-bird.
1909 C. Dixon Bird-life London 32 Local names [of the fieldfare] in surrounding counties: ‘Felfer’, ‘Jack Bird’ ‘Pigeon-Felt’ (Essex).
1981 W. B. Lockwood in Y. L. Arbeitman & A. R. Bomhard Bono Homini Donum xvi. 193 The fieldfare is a noisy species... The most prominent call is a harsh cha-cha-cha-chack... This sound English converts into Jack bird.
2. New Zealand. The juvenile of the South Island saddleback, Philesturnus carunculatus, a wattlebird.Formerly regarded as a species distinct from the adult.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Callaeidae > callaeas cinerea (kokako)
wattle-bird1773
wattle-crow1837
jack bird1866
kokako1873
bluegill1874
1866 Rep. & Awards Jurors N.Z. Exhib., 1865 xxix. 276 Creadion carunculatus.—‘Tieke’, ‘Purourou’, ‘Tiraweko’ of the Natives (three specimens). Saddleback or Jack Bird.
1873 W. L. Buller Birds N. Zealand (1888) I. 23 I have..adopted the name of Jack-bird, by which it is known among the settlers in the South Island. Why it should be so called I cannot say, unless this is an adaptation of the native name Tieke..the equivalent, in the Maori vernacular, of our Jack.
1936 H. Guthrie-Smith Sorrows & Joys N.Z. Naturalist 178 Native birds on Kaipara [Island] included Tui, Bellbird, Saddleback, Jackbird—if indeed it be a species at all.
1999 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 19 Apr. 13 The young of this species, the darker coloured jack-bird.., appears to be more inquisitive than its elders.
2014 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 8 Sept. 3 About half the birds..were young ‘jack’ birds which did not yet display the saddle marking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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