leaf-loven.

Brit.

/ˈliːflʌv/, U.S.

/ˈlifˌləv/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leaf n.¹, love v.¹

Etymology: < leaf n.¹ + love v.¹, with reference to the bird's habitat.

Any of various African songbirds of the bulbul family (family Pycnonotidae), typically living in dense woodland and thickets, having a loud chattering call and drab plumage in shades of brown, grey, and cream. Usually with distinguishing word, as simple leaf-love, white-throated leaf-love, etc.

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1837 W. Swainson Nat. Hist. Birds Western Afr. I. 270 (heading) Climbing leaflove. Phyllastrephus scandens.

1938 Sudan Notes & Rec. 21 321 White-throated Leaf-Love, Atimastillas flavicollis soror (Neumann). I mentioned in my last notes the existence of the Yellow-throated Leaf-Love (A. f. flavicollis).

1963 Nigerian Field 28 174 This Leaf-love can be very talkative, sounding almost like a parrot mimicking conversation but without articulating properly.

1986 Jrnl. Trop. Ecol. 2 115 The leaf-love (19 cm) generally feeds on fruits and insects.

2010 N. Borrow & R. Demey Field Guide to Birds Ghana 216 Simple Leaflove. Clorocichla simplex. Large bulbul with white throat and broken eye-ring contrasting with rest of plumage.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leaf-love
释义	leaf-loven. Brit. /ˈliːflʌv/, U.S. /ˈlifˌləv/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leaf n.¹, love v.¹ Etymology: < leaf n.¹ + love v.¹, with reference to the bird's habitat. Any of various African songbirds of the bulbul family (family Pycnonotidae), typically living in dense woodland and thickets, having a loud chattering call and drab plumage in shades of brown, grey, and cream. Usually with distinguishing word, as simple leaf-love, white-throated leaf-love, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Pycnonotidae (bulbul) bulbul1784 leaf-love1837 Criniger1856 toppie1899 1837 W. Swainson Nat. Hist. Birds Western Afr. I. 270 (heading) Climbing leaflove. Phyllastrephus scandens. 1938 Sudan Notes & Rec. 21 321 White-throated Leaf-Love, Atimastillas flavicollis soror (Neumann). I mentioned in my last notes the existence of the Yellow-throated Leaf-Love (A. f. flavicollis). 1963 Nigerian Field 28 174 This Leaf-love can be very talkative, sounding almost like a parrot mimicking conversation but without articulating properly. 1986 Jrnl. Trop. Ecol. 2 115 The leaf-love (19 cm) generally feeds on fruits and insects. 2010 N. Borrow & R. Demey Field Guide to Birds Ghana 216 Simple Leaflove. Clorocichla simplex. Large bulbul with white throat and broken eye-ring contrasting with rest of plumage. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837
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