soft-billedadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɒf(t)bɪld/, U.S.

/ˈsɔf(t)ˌbɪld/,

/ˈsɑf(t)ˌbɪld/

Forms: 1700s soft-bil'd, 1700s– soft-billed.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soft adj., billed adj.¹

Etymology: < soft adj. + billed adj.¹, after hard-billed adj.

Ornithology.

Having a soft bill; (in aviculture) that has a bill adapted for feeding on soft foods such as insects and fruits (cf. softbill n.). Contrasted with hard-billed adj.

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > of particular substance

soft-billeda1705

waxbill1776

wax-billed1776

a1705 J. Ray Synopsis Avium & Piscium (1713) i. 68 In Tenuirostras, Soft Bil'd Birds..and Crassirostras, Hard Bil'd Birds.

1771 G. White Let. 12 Feb. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 139 Many of our soft-billed summer birds of passage.

1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 522 Soft-billed Duck..inhabits New Zealand.

1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 261 A soft-billed bird, that requires as much care as a nightingale!

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man (1890) ii. xvi. 490 Many of the soft-billed birds are songsters.

1953 Times 10 Feb. 8/3 The soft-billed, insectivorous robin might not be able to survive if it had not its own private territory.

1996 National Trust Thames & Chilterns Newsletter Spring 2/3 The Aviary is now stocked with soft-billed birds (fruit and insect eaters) and birds of the parrot family.

2006 C. Roots Hibernation v. 109 Birds migrate south for the winter mainly because their source of food is no longer available... This is particularly so for the soft-billed birds—those that eat insects, fruit, or nectar.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Furnished with a bill; having a beak, spike, etc. (Usually in compounds, as long-billed, broad-billed, soft-billed, etc.)

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill

billed1399

beaked1589

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > of the beak > having a beak

billed1399

rostrous1651

rostrated1797

beak-bearing1830

rostriferous1852

beaked1869

1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 37 All billid breddis þat þe bough spareth.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xiii. 20 The weil stelit and braid billit ax.

1583 D. Ingram in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) iii. 560 A Flamingo..is bigger than a Goose, billed like a Shouell.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xiii. 67 A long Billed Fowle.

1770 G. White Let. 1 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 83 Hard-billed birds subsist on seeds.

1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §385 Dentirostres, or toothed-billed Birds, which are characterized by a notch or tooth near the extremity of the upper mandible.

单词	soft-billed
释义	soft-billedadj. Brit. /ˈsɒf(t)bɪld/, U.S. /ˈsɔf(t)ˌbɪld/, /ˈsɑf(t)ˌbɪld/ Forms: 1700s soft-bil'd, 1700s– soft-billed. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soft adj., billed adj.¹ Etymology: < soft adj. + billed adj.¹, after hard-billed adj. Ornithology. Having a soft bill; (in aviculture) that has a bill adapted for feeding on soft foods such as insects and fruits (cf. softbill n.). Contrasted with hard-billed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > of particular substance soft-billeda1705 waxbill1776 wax-billed1776 a1705 J. Ray Synopsis Avium & Piscium (1713) i. 68 In Tenuirostras, Soft Bil'd Birds..and Crassirostras, Hard Bil'd Birds. 1771 G. White Let. 12 Feb. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 139 Many of our soft-billed summer birds of passage. 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 522 Soft-billed Duck..inhabits New Zealand. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 261 A soft-billed bird, that requires as much care as a nightingale! 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man (1890) ii. xvi. 490 Many of the soft-billed birds are songsters. 1953 Times 10 Feb. 8/3 The soft-billed, insectivorous robin might not be able to survive if it had not its own private territory. 1996 National Trust Thames & Chilterns Newsletter Spring 2/3 The Aviary is now stocked with soft-billed birds (fruit and insect eaters) and birds of the parrot family. 2006 C. Roots Hibernation v. 109 Birds migrate south for the winter mainly because their source of food is no longer available... This is particularly so for the soft-billed birds—those that eat insects, fruit, or nectar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas soft-billed Furnished with a bill; having a beak, spike, etc. (Usually in compounds, as long-billed, broad-billed, soft-billed, etc.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill billed1399 beaked1589 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > of the beak > having a beak billed1399 rostrous1651 rostrated1797 beak-bearing1830 rostriferous1852 beaked1869 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 37 All billid breddis þat þe bough spareth. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xiii. 20 The weil stelit and braid billit ax. 1583 D. Ingram in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) iii. 560 A Flamingo..is bigger than a Goose, billed like a Shouell. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xiii. 67 A long Billed Fowle. 1770 G. White Let. 1 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 83 Hard-billed birds subsist on seeds. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §385 Dentirostres, or toothed-billed Birds, which are characterized by a notch or tooth near the extremity of the upper mandible. extracted from billedadj.¹ < adj.a1705 as lemmas
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soft-billedadj.

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