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单词 whip-tom-kelly
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whip-tom-kellyn.

Brit. /ˈwɪptɒmˌkɛli/, /ˌwɪptɒmˈkɛli/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪpˌtɑmˌkɛli/, /ˌ(h)wɪpˌtɑmˈkɛli/
Etymology: Imitative, from the bird's note: compare whippoorwill n.
Popular name for the Red-eyed Greenlet or ‘Flycatcher’ ( Vireo olivaceus or Vireosylvia olivacea) of eastern North America, and the Black-whiskered Greenlet ( Vireo barbatulus or Vireosylvia calidris) of the West Indies, Bahamas, and Florida.
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1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 476 The Whip-tom-kelly. I believe this to be a bird of passage.
1864–5 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xii. 247 The Red-Eyed Flycatcher (Muscicapa olivacea) popularly known as ‘Whip-Tom-Kelly,’ from its peculiar articulate cry.
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 120 Vireo altiloquus var. barbatulus. Black-whiskered Vireo. Whip-tom-kelly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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