racket-tailn.

Brit.

/ˈrakɪtˌteɪl/, U.S.

/ˈrækə(t)ˌteɪl/

Forms: see racket n.¹ and tail n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: racket n.¹, tail n.¹

Etymology: < racket n.¹ + tail n.¹, after racket-tailed adj.

1. Any of several hummingbirds having tails that bear a pair of rackets (racket n.¹ 5); esp. (in full booted racket-tail) the South American hummingbird Ocreatus underwoodii, which has greenish plumage with, in the male, tufts of white or buff down on the legs. In later use also: any of several green parrots of the genus Prioniturus, of the Malay Archipelago, which have tails of this kind. Cf. racket-tailed adj.

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1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 272/2 The Racket-tails (Platures, Less.).

1861 J. Gould Humming Birds III. Pl. 162 Spathura Underwoodi, white-booted Racket-tail.

1881 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XII. 359/1 The lateral feathers [of humming birds] may..suddenly enlarge into a terminal spatulation as in the..‘Racquet-tails’.

1961 O. L. Austin Birds of World 168/2 The rare and little-known Loddiges' Racquet-tail has only 4 instead of the normal 10 tail feathers.

1970 R. M. de Schauensee Birds S. Amer. 155/1 Booted Racket-tail. Ocreatus underwoodii... Tail forked, outer feathers very much longer than rest, terminating in bare shaft and purple black racket.

2003 E. C. Dickinson Howard & Moore Compl. Checklist of Birds of World (ed. 3) 273 We have preferred not to follow Schuchmann..but to restrict the generic name ‘Racquet-tail’ to the genus Prioniturus.

†2. A bird's tail that bears a pair of rackets (racket n.¹ 5). Obsolete. rare.

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1851 W. Jardine Contrib. Ornithol. 111 The beautiful species S[pathura] Underwoodii, with its white boots and racket tail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	racket-tail
释义	racket-tailn. Brit. /ˈrakɪtˌteɪl/, U.S. /ˈrækə(t)ˌteɪl/ Forms: see racket n.¹ and tail n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: racket n.¹, tail n.¹ Etymology: < racket n.¹ + tail n.¹, after racket-tailed adj. 1. Any of several hummingbirds having tails that bear a pair of rackets (racket n.¹ 5); esp. (in full booted racket-tail) the South American hummingbird Ocreatus underwoodii, which has greenish plumage with, in the male, tufts of white or buff down on the legs. In later use also: any of several green parrots of the genus Prioniturus, of the Malay Archipelago, which have tails of this kind. Cf. racket-tailed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > member of family Motmotidae motmot1822 racket-tail1843 sawbill1864 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) > ocreatus underwoodi (racket-tail) racket-tail1843 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 272/2 The Racket-tails (Platures, Less.). 1861 J. Gould Humming Birds III. Pl. 162 Spathura Underwoodi, white-booted Racket-tail. 1881 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XII. 359/1 The lateral feathers [of humming birds] may..suddenly enlarge into a terminal spatulation as in the..‘Racquet-tails’. 1961 O. L. Austin Birds of World 168/2 The rare and little-known Loddiges' Racquet-tail has only 4 instead of the normal 10 tail feathers. 1970 R. M. de Schauensee Birds S. Amer. 155/1 Booted Racket-tail. Ocreatus underwoodii... Tail forked, outer feathers very much longer than rest, terminating in bare shaft and purple black racket. 2003 E. C. Dickinson Howard & Moore Compl. Checklist of Birds of World (ed. 3) 273 We have preferred not to follow Schuchmann..but to restrict the generic name ‘Racquet-tail’ to the genus Prioniturus. †2. A bird's tail that bears a pair of rackets (racket n.¹ 5). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) > ocreatus underwoodi (racket-tail) > tail of racket-tail1851 1851 W. Jardine Contrib. Ornithol. 111 The beautiful species S[pathura] Underwoodii, with its white boots and racket tail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843
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