pilot birdn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪlət bəːd/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪlət ˌbərd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pilot n., bird n.

Etymology: < pilot n. + bird n.; in sense 1 so called because the birds accompany ships at sea; in sense 2 apparently so called because the bird accompanies the superb lyrebird, feeding on organisms which it unearths (compare quots. 1893 at sense 2 and 1984 at sense 2, although compare also quot. 1903 at sense 2).

†1. A seabird which accompanies ships.

a. A seabird of the Caribbean (not identified). Obsolete. rare.

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1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Pilot Bird, a certain Bird about the Caribe Islands, which gives notice to Ships that sail that way, when they come near any of those Islands. [Also in later dictionaries.]

b. Perhaps: an albatross. Obsolete. rare.

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1888 R. L. Stevenson Diary in G. Balfour Life R. L. Stevenson (1901) II. 43 Some attendant pilot birds, silent,..infinitely graceful on the wing.

2. Australian. A small reddish-brown songbird of south-eastern Australia, Pycnoptilus floccosus (family Acanthizidae), which has a penetrating whistle.

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1893 Argus (Melbourne) 25 Mar. 4/6 in E. E. Morris Austral Eng. (1898) 353/2 Here, close together, are eggs of the lyre-bird and the pilot-bird—the last very rare, and only found quite lately in the Dandenong Ranges.

1903 A. J. North Let. to Professor A. Newton 17 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Relative to the name of ‘Pilot-bird’ for Pycnoptilus floccosus, this species has been so labelled in the National Museum, Melbourne, for the past twenty-five years. The name is probably derived from its loud and distinct notes quite unlike those of any other species.

1944 L. Welsh Kookaburra 9 An inhabitant of the timber and scrub, the Pilot Bird is more often heard than seen.

1984 M. Blakers et al. Atlas Austral. Birds 456 The range of the Pilotbird is completely within that of the Superb Lyrebird.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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释义	pilot birdn. Brit. /ˈpʌɪlət bəːd/, U.S. /ˈpaɪlət ˌbərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pilot n., bird n. Etymology: < pilot n. + bird n.; in sense 1 so called because the birds accompany ships at sea; in sense 2 apparently so called because the bird accompanies the superb lyrebird, feeding on organisms which it unearths (compare quots. 1893 at sense 2 and 1984 at sense 2, although compare also quot. 1903 at sense 2). †1. A seabird which accompanies ships. a. A seabird of the Caribbean (not identified). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > unspecified > aquatic or shore calmewec1430 dicken1579 gravell1618 gravelin1621 sea-woodcock1666 pilot bird1678 pink1694 Poor John1775 fraik1812 bay-snipe1856 wing-wader1867 bay-bird1889 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Pilot Bird, a certain Bird about the Caribe Islands, which gives notice to Ships that sail that way, when they come near any of those Islands. [Also in later dictionaries.] b. Perhaps: an albatross. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1888 R. L. Stevenson Diary in G. Balfour Life R. L. Stevenson (1901) II. 43 Some attendant pilot birds, silent,..infinitely graceful on the wing. 2. Australian. A small reddish-brown songbird of south-eastern Australia, Pycnoptilus floccosus (family Acanthizidae), which has a penetrating whistle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Acanthizinae > other types of pilot bird1893 scrub-wren1901 1893 Argus (Melbourne) 25 Mar. 4/6 in E. E. Morris Austral Eng. (1898) 353/2 Here, close together, are eggs of the lyre-bird and the pilot-bird—the last very rare, and only found quite lately in the Dandenong Ranges. 1903 A. J. North Let. to Professor A. Newton 17 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Relative to the name of ‘Pilot-bird’ for Pycnoptilus floccosus, this species has been so labelled in the National Museum, Melbourne, for the past twenty-five years. The name is probably derived from its loud and distinct notes quite unlike those of any other species. 1944 L. Welsh Kookaburra 9 An inhabitant of the timber and scrub, the Pilot Bird is more often heard than seen. 1984 M. Blakers et al. Atlas Austral. Birds 456 The range of the Pilotbird is completely within that of the Superb Lyrebird. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678
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