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单词 monkey-face
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monkey-facen.

Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪfeɪs/, U.S. /ˈməŋkiˌfeɪs/
Forms: see monkey n. and face n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., face n.
Etymology: < monkey n. + face n.
1.
a. A face like that of a monkey; an amusing or funny face. Also: a person with a monkey-like or amusing face.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun]
muskin1530
vizard1568
monkey-face?1589
chitty-face1601
angel face1605
smock-face1605
fish-facea1625
platter face1631
ammunition face1649
horn-facea1668
baby facea1684
crab face1706
hatchet face1707
splatter-face1707
paddock-face1724
pudding face1748
dough face1755
Madonna face1790
company face1798
moon-face1822
pug-facea1845
puss1844
frog-face1872
bun-face1913
bitch face1969
?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 3 Good munckie face Machiuell, shew but thy head once.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mona, an ape, a munkie, a pug, a kittin, a munkie face.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 333 One..made us good laughing, with his mows and monkey faces.
1681 Heraclitus Ridens 13 Sept. 2/1 Harry will..have his little Monkey-face mounted to adorn the top of the Amsterdam Coffee-house.
1765 S. Foote Commissary i. 19 Doctor Catgut, the meagre musician; that sick monkey-face maker of crotchets.
1817 G. Soane Innkeeper's Daughter i. ii. 20 Sapperment! but it's true—You may laugh mein herr, and make die monkey-faces, aber es geht nicht—it won't do.
1869 G. Meredith Egoist I. vi. 93 I see a ring of monkey-faces grinning at me: they haunt me.
1936 C. Sandburg People, Yes lvi. 130 Where did ja cop dat monkeyface.
1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 34 Hello, leedle Don! Leedle monkey-face! I did not recognise you.
1992 M. Cole Dangerous Lady (BNC) 10 Benny looked up with his little monkey face. His mouth was full of food.
b. Caribbean colloquial. A grimace, esp. one intended to frighten, or made by a child as a sign of disrespect or annoyance.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > grimace or distortion
mowc1330
mopa1475
mocks and mows1508
murgeons?a1513
face1533
smile1550
smilet1591
mump1592
ruffle1602
frown1608
stitcha1625
grimace1651
grimask1671
simagre1680
moppet1693
distortion1718
throw1790
rictus1827
mug1844
monkey-face1939
1939 A. Calder-Marshall Glory Dead 56 I say ‘Get out of dat car presently,’ and he just laugh and make monkey face.
1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun iv. 58 ‘Pewee, come an' go to school!’ but Pewee made them a ‘monkey face’ and ran into the shop.
1964 I. Khan Obeah Man 67 Like if you have something lock up inside you that does come out in the night and make monkey-face at you in your sleep.
1993 R. Baptiste Trini Talk 114 You eh tired make monkey face behind de teacher back?
2. The seed of the areca palm, Areca catechu; a betel nut. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > yielding masticatory products > [noun] > areca palm, nut, or leaf
areca1588
faufel1594
drunken date1597
supari1598
pinang1606
betel nut1681
monkey-face1700
betel palm1861
catechu palm1866
1700 L. Plukenet Opera Bot. (1769) III. 145 Palma Arecifera fructu compresso [etc.]. Hujus fructus Nucis..ex Angola allatus est, & à nostratibus Monkey-face, ibi dictus.
3. U.S. A freshwater mussel, Quadrula metanevra (family Unionidae), with a yellow to light brown shell, found in medium to large rivers in parts of the United States. Also (with distinguishing word): any other mussel of this genus.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Unionidae > member of
musseleOE
palour1589
pearl mussel1607
hena1613
horse-mussel1626
clam1672
clamp1672
pearl shell1781
glam1797
naiad1829
naid1854
unionid1861
zebra mussel1866
hackleback1899
maple leaf1908
monkey-face1936
1936 Ecology 17 40 The Yellow Sand-shell..was the most readily killed by silt deposits, and..the Maple Leaf, Quadrula quadrula, and the Monkey-face Quadrula metanevra, were among the more resistant.
1979 Wisconsin Week-end 6 Apr. 6 Such shellfish as the..monkey face..go right on living their private lives in the quiet waterways of the Mississippi.
1988 Amer. Fisheries Soc. Special Publ. No. 16. 32 Quadrula couchiana... Rio Grande monkeyface.
1999 S. Jones Almost like Whale xii. 289 On the way they have driven out their native equivalents, the purple wartyback, the shiny pigtoe and the monkey-face included.
4. U.S. regional. The barn owl, Tyto alba. Also monkey-face owl. Cf. monkey-faced owl n. at monkey-faced adj. Compounds.
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the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Tytonidae > tyto alba (barn owl)
shritch?a1500
scritch owl1510
shritch-owl1538
strich1552
screech owl1567
shriek-owl1567
madge?1576
lich-owl1585
lich-fowl1611
jill-hooter1668
white owl1672
barn owl1674
church owl1678
aluco1753
padge1848
cherubim1864
squinch-owl1880
monkey-facec1940
c1940 LAMSAS Materials in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 645/1 Monkey-face owl—middle-sized.
1955 Amer. Speech 30 180 The barn owl is very generally called monkey-faced owl, a designation often shortened to monkey face.
1961 J. S. Ligon New Mexico Birds 142 The heartshaped facial disc has given rise to the widely used name ‘monkey-face’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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