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单词 red-winged
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red-wingedadj.

Brit. /ˈrɛdwɪŋd/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌwɪŋd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., winged adj.1
Etymology: < red adj. + winged adj.1 Compare classical Latin phoenīcopterus phoenicopter n. Compare later redwing n.
Having red wings (in early use also figurative). In later use chiefly in the names of birds (see also Compounds).
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having wings > of particular colour
gold-winged1605
red-winged1633
golden-winged1729
blue-winged1733
red-shouldered1785
black-winged1829
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > of or relating to ants > red-winged
red-winged1633
1633 T. Bancroft Gluttons Feauer sig. C4 Were the hot engines, all that euer flew, With red-wing'd lightning, to my torture cast.
1660 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Mores Hominum xi. 400 That huge red-wing'd Phaenicopterus.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. v. 8 I mean in a white Butterfly, for in a red-wing'd Butterfly, her eye is all black and full of perforations as in a Common Fly.
1712 R. Blackmore Creation v. 247 The red-wing'd Fire must to the Moon arise.
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 54 The red-winged Cantharus, with a red thorax.
1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 246 Little Red-winged Parakeet.
1839 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. V. 3 Their habits are similar to those of the Red-winged Icterus.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 6 Sept. 8/2 Millions of red-winged ants.
1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 193 The red-winged wren..is restricted to coastal districts in the South-west.
1994 Science 3 Dec. 44/1 My favourite are the eggs of the red-winged tinamou, with their amazing, porcelain-like gloss.

Compounds

red-winged blackbird n. a common songbird of North and Central America, Agelaius phoeniceus (family Icteridae), the male of which has glossy black plumage with a red patch on the shoulder.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird)
red-winged starling1729
red-winged blackbird?1769
maize thief1772
redwing1778
red-winged oriole1785
red-winged troopial1825
redwing blackbird1830
maize-bird1836
maizer1837
swamp blackbird1891
officer1902
?1769 Catal. Cabinet of Birds 2 The Red-wing'd Blackbird, well known.
1797 W. Dunlap Diary (1931) I. 68 Cross over to my Orchard [in Amboy, N.Y.]... Kill 5 snipe, 3 red wing'd black birds, 2 Larks and a Bittern.
1811 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. IV. 37 Starlings..are known by various names in the different states of the union; such as the Swamp Blackbird, Marsh Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird.
1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know xvii. 263 Red-winged blackbirds flute above the phalanxes of rushes on its banks.
2006 Vermont Life Autumn 13 The raucous red-winged blackbirds and evening grosbeaks disappear.
red-winged lory n. now rare = red-winged parrot n.
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1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. V. Pl. 18 Aprosmictus erythropterus. Red-winged Lory..Crimson-winged Parrot.
1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber iii. 99 The red-winged lory..and other well-known species..do not use the island for nesting.
1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 75 The red-winged lory..and the red-sided parrot..both rival the king parrot in colour beauty.
red-winged oriole n. now rare = red-winged blackbird n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird)
red-winged starling1729
red-winged blackbird?1769
maize thief1772
redwing1778
red-winged oriole1785
red-winged troopial1825
redwing blackbird1830
maize-bird1836
maizer1837
swamp blackbird1891
officer1902
1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 256 The Red-winged Orioles build their nests in bushes.
1859 S. G. Goodrich Illustr. Nat. Hist. Animal Kingdom II. 186 The Red-winged Oriole, I. phœniceus, is seven and a half inches long, color black, lesser tail-coverts red.
1945 Athens (Ohio) Messenger 21 Mar. 3/5 Official arrival of spring last evening..was marked with..many birds, including the red-winged oriole, bluebirds, martins and robins, nesting.
red-winged parrot n. a mainly green parrot of northern Australia, Aprosmictus erythropterus, the adult male of which has a red patch on the wing.
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1835 List Additions Coll. Brit. Mus. 1833 210 Specimens of Red-winged Parrot, Psittacus erythropterus.
1929 A. H. Chisholm Birds & Green Places 48 The radiance of the red-winged parrots.
2000 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 27 835/1 Three species occur in eastern and south-eastern Australia..and one (the red-winged parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus..) throughout the subhumid summer rainfall zone.
red-winged starling n. (a) North American = red-winged blackbird n. (now rare); (b) any of several African starlings of the genus Onychognathus with red feathers on the wings; esp. O. morio of eastern and southern Africa.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird)
red-winged starling1729
red-winged blackbird?1769
maize thief1772
redwing1778
red-winged oriole1785
red-winged troopial1825
redwing blackbird1830
maize-bird1836
maizer1837
swamp blackbird1891
officer1902
1729 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. i. Pl. 13 Sturnus niger alis superne rubentibus. The red wing'd Starling.
?a1808 Genuine & Univ. Syst. Nat. Hist. VIII. 358 At the Cape, they call this bird berg-sprew, mountain starling; or rooge-vlerk sprew, red-winged starling.
1864–5 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands 537 One of the most variable of birds in its nesting is the well known Red-winged Starling of North America.
1902 S. Clapin New Dict. Amer. 292 Officer bird, a common name, especially in Canada and the Northern States, for the red-winged starling.
2000 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 26 659 The red-winged starling's penchant for berries of cestrum [was blamed] for that poisonous shrub's rapid spread in the Knysna division.
red-winged troopial n. Obsolete rare = red-winged blackbird n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird)
red-winged starling1729
red-winged blackbird?1769
maize thief1772
redwing1778
red-winged oriole1785
red-winged troopial1825
redwing blackbird1830
maize-bird1836
maizer1837
swamp blackbird1891
officer1902
1825 C. L. Bonaparte Amer. Ornithol. I. 28 Red-winged Troopial.
1844 G. Emerson Johnson's Farmer's Encycl. (new ed.) 185/1 The red- winged troopial or the cow-pen bird.
1895 C. C. Abbott Birds about Us iii. 129 Their notes resemble those of the Red-winged Troopial, but are more musical.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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