† miretn.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps related to English regional (Cornwall) maddrick (see note s.v. medrick n.); a form merrick is also recorded from Cornwall from the 19th cent. denoting a sea bird. Perhaps ultimately imitative (compare pirr n.²).

English regional (Cornwall). Obsolete.

A tern; spec. the common tern, Sterna hirundo.

ΚΠ

1838 J. Couch Cornish Fauna i. 27 Common Tern..Miret; a name which from this Species is extended indiscriminately to the whole genus.

1880 J. E. Harting Rodd's Birds of Cornwall & Scilly Islands 315 Miret, common tern.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	miret
释义	† miretn. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps related to English regional (Cornwall) maddrick (see note s.v. medrick n.); a form merrick is also recorded from Cornwall from the 19th cent. denoting a sea bird. Perhaps ultimately imitative (compare pirr n.²). English regional (Cornwall). Obsolete. A tern; spec. the common tern, Sterna hirundo. ΚΠ 1838 J. Couch Cornish Fauna i. 27 Common Tern..Miret; a name which from this Species is extended indiscriminately to the whole genus. 1880 J. E. Harting Rodd's Birds of Cornwall & Scilly Islands 315 Miret, common tern. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1838
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