locust birdn.

Brit.

/ˈləʊkəst bəːd/, U.S.

/ˈloʊkəst ˌbərd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: locust n., bird n.

Etymology: < locust n. + bird n. In early use in sense 1 perhaps translating Syrian Arabic samarmar (see locust eater n. at locust n. Compounds 2). Compare Turkish çekirge kuşu ( < çekirge locust, grasshopper + kuş bird). In sense 2 after South African Dutch sprinkhaanvogel (1829 or earlier; Afrikaans sprinkaanvoël ), lit. ‘locust bird’; for the probable semantic motivation see quot. 1936.

Any of various birds that feed on locusts.

1. In the Near East and Asia: the rose-coloured starling, Pastor roseus.

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1756 A. Russell Nat. Hist. Aleppo i. 70 The locust-bird..is about the size and shape of a starling, and seems of that species... The plumage on the body is of a flesh-colour: the head, neck, wings, and tail, are black.

1884 H. B. Tristram Fauna & Flora Palestine 73 The Rose-coloured Pastor is well known to the natives as the Locust Bird, from its habit of preying on that pest, whose flights it generally follows.

1909 New Internat. Encycl. XII. 399/2 Locust-bird... In India the name is suitably given to a starling, the familiar rose-colored pastor.

2007 B. L. Goddard Animals & Birds of Bible 58/1 The rose-colored starling is called the locust bird since it follows the locust invasion.

2. South African. A stork or crane, esp. the white stork, Ciconia ciconia (more fully great locust bird). Also: a pratincole (genus Glareola); the wattled starling, Creatophora cinerea (more fully small locust bird or little locust bird).

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1829 Newcastle Courant 23 May 2/4 The only hope of the farmer was from the arrival of an army of the ‘locust birds’, which were preying upon the devourers.

1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 291 Glareola Nordmanni,..Small Locust-bird of Colonists.

1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. I. 42 The bird was really the South African grey crane, to which the residents have given the name of ‘the great locust bird’.

1905 Agric. Jrnl. Cape Good Hope Feb. 255 Large flock (about 600) Great Locust Birds is following swarms and doing much havoc.

1911 Auk 28 506 The principal kinds are: a field swallow (i.e., a swallow-plover or pratincole, Glareola melanoptera) known as the ‘little locust bird’.

1936 E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 141 Wattled Starling,..Called Locust-bird because they used..to follow the swarms of locusts, living on them and nesting en masse wherever the locusts happened to settle and breed.

1972 G. J. Broekhuysen in Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. VII. 19 A number of birds belonging to different families are called locust-birds in Southern Africa...They include the pratincoles.., the wattled starling.., and storks.

2012 C. A. Spinage Afr. Ecol. x. 489 Locust swarms are often heralded by the appearance of the palaearctic migrant white stork or locust bird.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	locust bird
释义	locust birdn. Brit. /ˈləʊkəst bəːd/, U.S. /ˈloʊkəst ˌbərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: locust n., bird n. Etymology: < locust n. + bird n. In early use in sense 1 perhaps translating Syrian Arabic samarmar (see locust eater n. at locust n. Compounds 2). Compare Turkish çekirge kuşu ( < çekirge locust, grasshopper + kuş bird). In sense 2 after South African Dutch sprinkhaanvogel (1829 or earlier; Afrikaans sprinkaanvoël ), lit. ‘locust bird’; for the probable semantic motivation see quot. 1936. Any of various birds that feed on locusts. 1. In the Near East and Asia: the rose-coloured starling, Pastor roseus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Sturnidae > miscellaneous types of banana bird1713 bluebird1731 locust bird1756 1756 A. Russell Nat. Hist. Aleppo i. 70 The locust-bird..is about the size and shape of a starling, and seems of that species... The plumage on the body is of a flesh-colour: the head, neck, wings, and tail, are black. 1884 H. B. Tristram Fauna & Flora Palestine 73 The Rose-coloured Pastor is well known to the natives as the Locust Bird, from its habit of preying on that pest, whose flights it generally follows. 1909 New Internat. Encycl. XII. 399/2 Locust-bird... In India the name is suitably given to a starling, the familiar rose-colored pastor. 2007 B. L. Goddard Animals & Birds of Bible 58/1 The rose-colored starling is called the locust bird since it follows the locust invasion. 2. South African. A stork or crane, esp. the white stork, Ciconia ciconia (more fully great locust bird). Also: a pratincole (genus Glareola); the wattled starling, Creatophora cinerea (more fully small locust bird or little locust bird). ΚΠ 1829 Newcastle Courant 23 May 2/4 The only hope of the farmer was from the arrival of an army of the ‘locust birds’, which were preying upon the devourers. 1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 291 Glareola Nordmanni,..Small Locust-bird of Colonists. 1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. I. 42 The bird was really the South African grey crane, to which the residents have given the name of ‘the great locust bird’. 1905 Agric. Jrnl. Cape Good Hope Feb. 255 Large flock (about 600) Great Locust Birds is following swarms and doing much havoc. 1911 Auk 28 506 The principal kinds are: a field swallow (i.e., a swallow-plover or pratincole, Glareola melanoptera) known as the ‘little locust bird’. 1936 E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 141 Wattled Starling,..Called Locust-bird because they used..to follow the swarms of locusts, living on them and nesting en masse wherever the locusts happened to settle and breed. 1972 G. J. Broekhuysen in Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. VII. 19 A number of birds belonging to different families are called locust-birds in Southern Africa...They include the pratincoles.., the wattled starling.., and storks. 2012 C. A. Spinage Afr. Ecol. x. 489 Locust swarms are often heralded by the appearance of the palaearctic migrant white stork or locust bird. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1756
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