racket-tailedadj.

Brit.

/ˈrakɪtˌteɪld/, U.S.

/ˈrækə(t)ˌteɪld/

Forms: see racket n.¹ and tailed adj.¹

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

Etymology: < racket n.¹ + tailed adj.¹ Compare later racket-tail n.

In the names of birds, esp. certain hummingbirds, parrots, and drongos: having a tail that bears a pair of rackets (racket n.¹ 5). Cf. racket-tail n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [adjective] > relating to the humming-birds

racket-tailed1781

trochilidine1885

1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. 782 (heading) Racket-tailed H[umming] B[ird].

1812 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. i. 317 The Racket-tailed Humming Bird is a rare species, and is a native of South America.

1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. xviii. 428 Among them are two species of singular raquet-tailed parrots.

1894 ‘Eha’ Naturalist on Prowl 178 The ever-changing..notes of the Racket-tailed Drongo.

1930 Discovery Dec. 415/2 The beautiful little racket-tailed magpies, of which the grey hooded species invariably places a dome of thorns over its nest.

1987 Bull. Brit. Ornithologists' Club 107 20 (title) The display of the booted racket-tailed hummingbird Ocreatus underwoodii.

1990 C. M. Perrins Illustr. Encycl. Birds 357/1 The Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo is primarily insectivorous, catching its prey in flight as well as taking it from the ground.

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

单词	racket-tailed
释义	racket-tailedadj. Brit. /ˈrakɪtˌteɪld/, U.S. /ˈrækə(t)ˌteɪld/ Forms: see racket n.¹ and tailed adj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: racket n.¹, tailed adj.¹ Etymology: < racket n.¹ + tailed adj.¹ Compare later racket-tail n. In the names of birds, esp. certain hummingbirds, parrots, and drongos: having a tail that bears a pair of rackets (racket n.¹ 5). Cf. racket-tail n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [adjective] > relating to the humming-birds racket-tailed1781 trochilidine1885 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. 782 (heading) Racket-tailed H[umming] B[ird]. 1812 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. i. 317 The Racket-tailed Humming Bird is a rare species, and is a native of South America. 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. xviii. 428 Among them are two species of singular raquet-tailed parrots. 1894 ‘Eha’ Naturalist on Prowl 178 The ever-changing..notes of the Racket-tailed Drongo. 1930 Discovery Dec. 415/2 The beautiful little racket-tailed magpies, of which the grey hooded species invariably places a dome of thorns over its nest. 1987 Bull. Brit. Ornithologists' Club 107 20 (title) The display of the booted racket-tailed hummingbird Ocreatus underwoodii. 1990 C. M. Perrins Illustr. Encycl. Birds 357/1 The Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo is primarily insectivorous, catching its prey in flight as well as taking it from the ground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1781
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