black-breastedadj.

Brit.

/ˌblakˈbrɛstᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌblækˈbrɛstəd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., breasted adj.

Etymology: < black adj. + breasted adj.

Chiefly in the names of birds: having a distinctive black breast.

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black-breasted1743

1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 47 The Black-breasted Indian Plover..is something bigger than the Lapwing.

1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. i. 205 Black-breasted woodpecker.

1854 Poultry Chron. 1 544/2 Game (Black-breasted and other Reds).

1900 A. J. Campbell Nests & Eggs Austral. Birds 277 The Black-breasted or Brown Song Lark appears partial to grassy plains.

1932 Discovery Jan. 25/2 A wonderful new black-breasted bush-shrike..an entirely new species.

1969 S. Ali & S. D. Ripley Handbk. Birds India & Pakistan II. 41 (heading) Blackbreasted or rain quail. Coturnix coromandelica.

1998 Falconers & Raptor Conservation Mag. Spring 9/3 In Australia the Black-Breasted Buzzard is also reputed to smash the thick-shelled eggs of Emus.

Compounds

black-breasted plover n. chiefly North American any of several plovers and sandpipers that have a black breast in the breeding season; esp. the grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola.Cf. black-bellied plover n. at black-bellied adj. Compounds.

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[1743 [see main sense]. ]

1792 Bee 26 Dec. 316 (list) [Catalogue of Russian birds.] Charadrius Apricarius. Black breasted plover.

1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know xvii. 247 Their larger cousins, the black-breasted, the piping, the golden and Wilson's plovers..travel from the tundras of the far North.

1954 A. Sprunt Florida Bird Life 164 Black-bellied Plover: Squatarola squatarola... Local Names. Black-breasted Plover.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	black-breasted
释义	black-breastedadj. Brit. /ˌblakˈbrɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˌblækˈbrɛstəd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., breasted adj. Etymology: < black adj. + breasted adj. Chiefly in the names of birds: having a distinctive black breast. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > having a black breast black-breasted1743 1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 47 The Black-breasted Indian Plover..is something bigger than the Lapwing. 1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. i. 205 Black-breasted woodpecker. 1854 Poultry Chron. 1 544/2 Game (Black-breasted and other Reds). 1900 A. J. Campbell Nests & Eggs Austral. Birds 277 The Black-breasted or Brown Song Lark appears partial to grassy plains. 1932 Discovery Jan. 25/2 A wonderful new black-breasted bush-shrike..an entirely new species. 1969 S. Ali & S. D. Ripley Handbk. Birds India & Pakistan II. 41 (heading) Blackbreasted or rain quail. Coturnix coromandelica. 1998 Falconers & Raptor Conservation Mag. Spring 9/3 In Australia the Black-Breasted Buzzard is also reputed to smash the thick-shelled eggs of Emus. Compounds black-breasted plover n. chiefly North American any of several plovers and sandpipers that have a black breast in the breeding season; esp. the grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola.Cf. black-bellied plover n. at black-bellied adj. Compounds. ΚΠ [1743 [see main sense]. ] 1792 Bee 26 Dec. 316 (list) [Catalogue of Russian birds.] Charadrius Apricarius. Black breasted plover. 1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know xvii. 247 Their larger cousins, the black-breasted, the piping, the golden and Wilson's plovers..travel from the tundras of the far North. 1954 A. Sprunt Florida Bird Life 164 Black-bellied Plover: Squatarola squatarola... Local Names. Black-breasted Plover. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1743
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