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单词 rock ouzel
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rock ouzeln.

Brit. /ˈrɒk uːzl/, U.S. /ˈrɑk ˌuz(ə)l/
Forms: see rock n.1 and ouzel n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rock n.1, ouzel n.
Etymology: < rock n.1 + ouzel n.
Chiefly British regional (now rare and historical).
The ring ouzel, Turdus torquatus.The rock ouzel was formerly treated as a distinct species, Merula saxatilis (also called the ‘redstart’), apparently referring to the immature ring ouzel.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus torquatus (ring-ouzel)
ouzela1525
ring ouzel1673
heath-throstle1676
mountain ouzel1678
rock ouzel1678
amsela1705
tor ouzel1770
ring thrush1785
blackbird1802
Michaelmas blackbird1802
heath-thrush1804
ring blackbird1817
ringed thrush1817
moor blackbird1837
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 195 This..was shot..not far from a Village called Hathers-edge in the Mountains of the Peak of Derbyshire, where the Inhabitants call it Rock-Ouzel.
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 197 The greater Redstart of Olina, called by Aldrovand, Merula Saxatilis [margin i.e. The Rock Ouzel].
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xii. 279/1 The Redstart, or Rock-Ouzell; and of some called the Sea-Thrush; it is of kind and figure like the Stare, and of the same bigness.
1744 C. Smith Antient & Present State County Down xv. 226 Merula Saxatilis, the Rock Ouzel... In Wales..it is called Muyalch y kraig, i.e. the Ouzel of the Rock, as it is in Irish, Lon y leac, in the same Sense.
1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 266 The Royston Crow, and Rock Ouzel, furnish instances of such a regular migration.
1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Ring-ouzel The young birds, before the white on the breast appears, have been considered as a different species, under the name of Rock-Ouzel.
1888 Monthly Chron. North-Country Lore & Legend Nov. 493/2 It is known as the rock ouzel, mountain blackbird, moor blackbird, mountain ouzel, white-breasted blackbird, ringed thrush and ringed blackbird.
1900 Zoologist 4 491 Although Ray distinguishes between the Rock-Ouzel and the Ring-Ouzel, it is obvious that his description..applies to the latter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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rock ouzel
b. The ring ouzel, Turdus torquatus (see ring ouzel n.). Also more fully (English regional) crag ouzel, mountain ouzel, rock ouzel, tor ouzel.The earlier quots. under sense 1a may have included this. In the following quots. it is distinguished from the blackbird or otherwise identified.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus torquatus (ring-ouzel)
ouzela1525
ring ouzel1673
heath-throstle1676
mountain ouzel1678
rock ouzel1678
amsela1705
tor ouzel1770
ring thrush1785
blackbird1802
Michaelmas blackbird1802
heath-thrush1804
ring blackbird1817
ringed thrush1817
moor blackbird1837
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 713 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 117 The maviss and ye merle syngis Osillis and stirlingis.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The maueis maid myrtht, for to mok the merle..the lyntquhit sang cuntirpoint quhen the osȝil ȝelpit.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. xxiv. 284 Ousles, Throstles, Blackbirds, and Stares,..depart aside from us, but goe not farre.
a1705 J. Ray Synopsis Avium & Piscium (1713) i. 65 Merula torquata, The Ring-Ouzel or Amzel.
1768 G. White Let. 8 Oct. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 57 The ousel is larger than a blackbird, and feeds on haws.
1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 266 The Royston Crow, and Rock Ouzel, furnish instances of such a regular migration.
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 8 Ring ouzel... So called from the white gorget on the bird's breast... Names given to it from the nature of its favourite haunts... Tor ouzel (Devon). Rock, or crag ouzel (Craven)... Mountain ouzel.
1992 Outdoor Action (BNC) Nov. 36 An RSPB survey show..ouzel numbers have crashed by 70% to just 18 pairs.
2001 Scotsman (Nexis) 12 May 17 He said he heard the first ouzel in mid-March, singing at 5 am during a snowstorm.
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