muisvoëln.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪsvəʊəl/,

/ˈmeɪsvʊəl/,

/ˈmeɪsfʊəl/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪsˌvoʊ(ə)l/, South African English

/ˈmeɪsfʊəl/

Forms: 1800s muysvoogel, 1800s– muisvogel, 1900s– muisvoel, 1900s– muisvoël.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch muisvogel; Afrikaans muisvoël.

Etymology: < South African Dutch muisvogel and its reflex Afrikaans muisvoël < muis (see mouse n.) + vogel bird (compare Afrikaans voël ; see fowl n.). Compare mousebird n.

South African.

= mousebird n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > [noun] > member of genus Colius (mouse-bird)

muisvoël?a1808

mousebirdc1808

?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VIII. 383 The colies live upon fruits only... At the Cape they are called muys-voogel, mouse-bird, their plumage being soft and silky.

1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. xi. 214 Muisvogel (Mouse-bird). Colius erythropus of Linnæus.

1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 221 Of the three species of this genus [sc. Colius] found in South Africa, and known by the trivial name of Muisvogel or Mouse~bird, this is the only one that is found in the neighbourhood of Cape Town.

1920 R. Y. Stormberg Mrs. Pieter de Bruyn 7 It [sc. peachblossom] has been vandalised by swarms of..wretched little stiff-tailed ‘muisvogels’ who snip off the blooms most viciously.

1959 Cape Times 20 Jan. 7/3 Sparrows and muisvoels are not a pest in areas where our native birds of prey have not been eliminated.

1973 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 19 July 17 How many of us city-dwellers..would know the difference between a mossie and a muisvoël?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muisvoël
释义	muisvoëln. Brit. /ˈmeɪsvəʊəl/, /ˈmeɪsvʊəl/, /ˈmeɪsfʊəl/, U.S. /ˈmeɪsˌvoʊ(ə)l/, South African English /ˈmeɪsfʊəl/ Forms: 1800s muysvoogel, 1800s– muisvogel, 1900s– muisvoel, 1900s– muisvoël. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch muisvogel; Afrikaans muisvoël. Etymology: < South African Dutch muisvogel and its reflex Afrikaans muisvoël < muis (see mouse n.) + vogel bird (compare Afrikaans voël ; see fowl n.). Compare mousebird n. South African. = mousebird n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > [noun] > member of genus Colius (mouse-bird) muisvoël?a1808 mousebirdc1808 ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VIII. 383 The colies live upon fruits only... At the Cape they are called muys-voogel, mouse-bird, their plumage being soft and silky. 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. xi. 214 Muisvogel (Mouse-bird). Colius erythropus of Linnæus. 1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 221 Of the three species of this genus [sc. Colius] found in South Africa, and known by the trivial name of Muisvogel or Mouse~bird, this is the only one that is found in the neighbourhood of Cape Town. 1920 R. Y. Stormberg Mrs. Pieter de Bruyn 7 It [sc. peachblossom] has been vandalised by swarms of..wretched little stiff-tailed ‘muisvogels’ who snip off the blooms most viciously. 1959 Cape Times 20 Jan. 7/3 Sparrows and muisvoels are not a pest in areas where our native birds of prey have not been eliminated. 1973 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 19 July 17 How many of us city-dwellers..would know the difference between a mossie and a muisvoël? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1808
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