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单词 mossie
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mossien.

Brit. /ˈmɒsi/, U.S. /ˈmɔsi/, /ˈmɑsi/, South African English /ˈmɒsi/
Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans mossie.
Etymology: < Afrikaans mossie sparrow < Dutch mosje , musje little sparrow < mos , mus sparrow (cognate with Middle High German musche and apparently also with Old High German musca sparrow; further etymology uncertain; perhaps related to Old French moisson sparrow, probably ultimately < a derivative of classical Latin musca fly: see Musca n.) + -je diminutive suffix.
South African.
The Cape sparrow, Passer melanurus (family Passeridae). In extended use: any (South African) sparrow.
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Cape sparrow1936
1884 R. B. Sharpe Layard's Birds S. Afr. (rev. ed.) 479 The ‘Mossie’, like its cousin, the English bird, is essentially a ‘cit’.
1908 A. K. Haagner & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life 87 The Cape sparrow (Passer melanurus), or mossie as it is called by the Colonial (Dutch and English alike), is the South African equivalent of the English House Sparrow.
1936 E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 21 The cock Mossie, with his black head, white eye-stripe and cinnamon back, is a handsome and unmistakable bird.
1959 Cape Argus 22 Aug. 5/6 The mossies in her neighbourhood never seem to stray more than a few blocks away.
1974 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. X. 209/2 The Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus) has the same size, and much the same habits as the European sparrow, but the male has a different and more handsome plumage... Mossies, as they are called locally, are common birds in South Africa, especially on farms.
1991 Settler 65 ii. 11 Mossie or Passer melanurus, is SAE for your common-or-garden (mainly garden) sparrow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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