† maizern.
Obsolete.
= maize-bird n. at maize n. Compounds 2.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius
maize thief1772
maize-bird1836
maizer1837
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird)
red-winged starling1729
red-winged blackbird?1769
maize thief1772
redwing1778
red-winged oriole1785
red-winged troopial1825
redwing blackbird1830
maize-bird1836
maizer1837
swamp blackbird1891
officer1902
1837 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds II. 275 Subfam. Aglainæ [sc. the former subfamily Agelaeinae] Maizers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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