nine-killern.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪnˌkɪlə/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪnˌkɪlər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a Dutch lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: nine adj., killer n.

Etymology: < nine adj. + killer n., after Dutch negendooder or German Neuntöter, †Neuntödter (16th cent.). Compare earlier nine-murder n.In quot. 1678 translating post-classical Latin enneoctonos (1676), representing an unattested Greek *ἐννεάκτονος < ancient Greek ἐννεά nine (see nine adj. and n.) + -κτόνος slaying (see myoctonic adj.).

A shrike; esp. the red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio, or the great grey shrike, L. excubitor.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Laniidae (shrike)

warianglec1386

nine-murder1544

shrike1544

butcherbird1666

murdering bird1666

nine-killer1778

larder bird1948

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 87 In other parts of Germany it is called Neghen-doer, that is, Nine-killer..because it kills nine birds before it ceases, or every day nine.]

1778 Amer. Philos. Soc. 4 126 This bird of prey called the nine-killer..is said to have the habit of sticking beetles or other insects, and perhaps nine of them in succession, upon thorns.

1808 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 77 Mr. Heckewelder..appears..to have been unacquainted that grasshoppers were, in fact, the favorite food of this Ninekiller.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Nine-killer, the popular name of the Northern Butcher-bird.

1867 Ballou's Monthly Mag. May 418/1 The bird called a nine-killer is an arithmetician.

1900 B. Harte Treasure of Redwoods 220 He's a ‘butcher bird’ - wot they call a ‘nine-killer’ - kills nine birds a day!

1917 Birds of Amer. III. 99 Northern Shrike. Lanius borealis... [Also called] Nine Killer.

1937 Sci. Monthly 45 224/1 We Americans usually speak of our shrikes as ‘butcherbirds’ because they carry their prey to a tree-crotch or impale it on a thorn..Germans call these birds ninekillers.

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

单词	nine-killer
释义	nine-killern. Brit. /ˈnʌɪnˌkɪlə/, U.S. /ˈnaɪnˌkɪlər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a Dutch lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: nine adj., killer n. Etymology: < nine adj. + killer n., after Dutch negendooder or German Neuntöter, †Neuntödter (16th cent.). Compare earlier nine-murder n.In quot. 1678 translating post-classical Latin enneoctonos (1676), representing an unattested Greek *ἐννεάκτονος < ancient Greek ἐννεά nine (see nine adj. and n.) + -κτόνος slaying (see myoctonic adj.). A shrike; esp. the red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio, or the great grey shrike, L. excubitor. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Laniidae (shrike) warianglec1386 nine-murder1544 shrike1544 butcherbird1666 murdering bird1666 nine-killer1778 larder bird1948 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 87 In other parts of Germany it is called Neghen-doer, that is, Nine-killer..because it kills nine birds before it ceases, or every day nine.] 1778 Amer. Philos. Soc. 4 126 This bird of prey called the nine-killer..is said to have the habit of sticking beetles or other insects, and perhaps nine of them in succession, upon thorns. 1808 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 77 Mr. Heckewelder..appears..to have been unacquainted that grasshoppers were, in fact, the favorite food of this Ninekiller. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Nine-killer, the popular name of the Northern Butcher-bird. 1867 Ballou's Monthly Mag. May 418/1 The bird called a nine-killer is an arithmetician. 1900 B. Harte Treasure of Redwoods 220 He's a ‘butcher bird’ - wot they call a ‘nine-killer’ - kills nine birds a day! 1917 Birds of Amer. III. 99 Northern Shrike. Lanius borealis... [Also called] Nine Killer. 1937 Sci. Monthly 45 224/1 We Americans usually speak of our shrikes as ‘butcherbirds’ because they carry their prey to a tree-crotch or impale it on a thorn..Germans call these birds ninekillers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1778
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