单词 | whip-tom-kelly |
释义 | whip-tom-kellyn. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Vireonidae (vireo) > genus Vireo (red-eye) whip-tom-kelly1756 red-eye1834 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). < n.1756 |
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