单词 | manakin |
释义 | manakinn.1 Any of numerous small, fruit-eating, passerine birds of the tropical American family Pipridae, the males of which are brightly coloured and have complex courtship displays.The taxonomic position of the manakins is unclear; they are frequently placed in the family Tyrannidae and sometimes in the family Cotingidae. These birds are quite distinct from mannikins (mannikin n.).rock, white-bearded manakin, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Pipridae (manakin) manakin1743 rock manakin1783 1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 21 The Golden-headed Black Tit-mouse... I have seen Dutch Drawings of these Birds, entitled Manakins, which is a Name the Hollanders give to some European Birds also. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 354 They..imagine they have a complete idea of the beauty of the little tribe of Manikin birds, from the pictures we have of them. 1781 T. Pennant Genera of Birds (new ed.) 64 Crested Manakin..Golden-headed Manakin. 1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 519 Peruvian Manakin. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. (1882) 26 When the fruit of the fig is ripe the manikin is on the tree from morn till eve. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxiii The rock manakin, with its saffron plumage. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 532 The Manakins are peculiar to the Neotropical Region, and are said to have many of the habits of the Paridæ [sc. titmice]. 1918 C. W. Beebe Jungle Peace (1919) x. 248 There were eight [passerine birds] each of the families of flycatchers, manakins and cotingas. 1969 Biol. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 1 234 When it [sc. the thrush] is gulping down small fruit it is [behaving as] a cotingid or manikin (piprid). 1988 Times 17 Sept. 45/1 The little white-bearded manakin which clicks its wings..and dances up and down when sexually aroused. 1995 New Scientist 13 May 16/3 Théry has now completed a..study of lekking in the white-throated manakin and two other French Guianan species. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † manakinn.2 Medieval Armour. Obsolete. rare. A form of glove said to have been worn by soldiers in the 12th cent. (Perhaps Meyrick's invention.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > types of > other left1657 beaver1816 manakin1824 nipper1840 right1884 mousquetaire1889 slip-on1949 1824 S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour I. 25 The hauberk..is, with its hood, of the same piece but with sleeves fitting close to the arms, terminating with gloves, manakins, or mufflers, which cover the outsides of the hands and fingers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.11743n.21824 |
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