waveyn.

Brit.

/ˈweɪvi/, U.S.

/ˈweɪvi/

Inflections: Plural waveys, wavies.

Forms: 1700s whaver, 1700s– wavey, 1800s– wavy.

Origin: A borrowing from Cree Etymon: Cree wēhwēw.

Etymology: < Cree wēhwēw snow goose, especially in its white phase (probably < an element of imitative origin + -wē to make a sound (specified by the preceding element) + -w , suffix forming agent nouns), perhaps influenced in form by wave n. or wavy adj. (with folk-etymological reinterpretation based on its flight pattern). Compare later wawa n.

North American.

Any of several wild geese of North America, esp. the snow goose, Anser caerulescens, and Ross's goose, Anser rossii. Also with distinguishing word. Cf. wawa n.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

quink1550

rin goose1639

wavey1705

snow-goose1771

bean-goose1776

Ross's goose1873

bar-head goose1879

saddleback1885

1705 A. Beale Jrnl. Albany Fort 25 Dec. in G. Williams Hudson's Bay Misc. (1975) (modernized text) 30 I gave to each mess as followeth..3 fresh whavers and 2 salt.

a1792 S. Hearne Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort (1795) x. 442 I have seen them in as large flocks as the Common Wavey, or Snow Goose.

1831 W. Swainson & J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana II. 467 Anser hyperboreus... Snow Goose... Wavey. Hudson's Bay Residents.

1861 Canad. Naturalist & Geologist 6 342 The full-grown blue wavy is besides somewhat larger than the white.

1882 J. M. Murphy Amer. Game Bird Shooting xi. 250 The horned wavy (A. rossii)..is slaughtered in large numbers on the streams and tarns scattered throughout the Saskatchewan region.

1908 E. J. Chambers Great Mackenzie Basin 17 The..blue and white wavies are very abundant in the spring and autumn.

1967 Wilson Bull. 79 463 Vast mudflats and a skyful of wavies at the south end of James Bay.

1999 W. H. Turcotte & D. L. Watts Birds Mississippi 117/2 Snow Geese fly in undulating, V-shaped or irregular, wavy masses. They are known as ‘wavies’ because of their peculiar flight.

2014 J. Sandrock & J. C. Prior Sci. Nomencl. Birds Upper Midwest 40 Snow Goose... Other names: white wavey, white goose, blue wavey, blue goose.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wavey
释义	waveyn. Brit. /ˈweɪvi/, U.S. /ˈweɪvi/ Inflections: Plural waveys, wavies. Forms: 1700s whaver, 1700s– wavey, 1800s– wavy. Origin: A borrowing from Cree Etymon: Cree wēhwēw. Etymology: < Cree wēhwēw snow goose, especially in its white phase (probably < an element of imitative origin + -wē to make a sound (specified by the preceding element) + -w , suffix forming agent nouns), perhaps influenced in form by wave n. or wavy adj. (with folk-etymological reinterpretation based on its flight pattern). Compare later wawa n. North American. Any of several wild geese of North America, esp. the snow goose, Anser caerulescens, and Ross's goose, Anser rossii. Also with distinguishing word. Cf. wawa n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > unspecified and miscellaneous types of quink1550 rin goose1639 wavey1705 snow-goose1771 bean-goose1776 Ross's goose1873 bar-head goose1879 saddleback1885 1705 A. Beale Jrnl. Albany Fort 25 Dec. in G. Williams Hudson's Bay Misc. (1975) (modernized text) 30 I gave to each mess as followeth..3 fresh whavers and 2 salt. a1792 S. Hearne Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort (1795) x. 442 I have seen them in as large flocks as the Common Wavey, or Snow Goose. 1831 W. Swainson & J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana II. 467 Anser hyperboreus... Snow Goose... Wavey. Hudson's Bay Residents. 1861 Canad. Naturalist & Geologist 6 342 The full-grown blue wavy is besides somewhat larger than the white. 1882 J. M. Murphy Amer. Game Bird Shooting xi. 250 The horned wavy (A. rossii)..is slaughtered in large numbers on the streams and tarns scattered throughout the Saskatchewan region. 1908 E. J. Chambers Great Mackenzie Basin 17 The..blue and white wavies are very abundant in the spring and autumn. 1967 Wilson Bull. 79 463 Vast mudflats and a skyful of wavies at the south end of James Bay. 1999 W. H. Turcotte & D. L. Watts Birds Mississippi 117/2 Snow Geese fly in undulating, V-shaped or irregular, wavy masses. They are known as ‘wavies’ because of their peculiar flight. 2014 J. Sandrock & J. C. Prior Sci. Nomencl. Birds Upper Midwest 40 Snow Goose... Other names: white wavey, white goose, blue wavey, blue goose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1705
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