white-chinnedadj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪttʃɪnd/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌtʃɪnd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., chinned adj.

Etymology: < white adj. + chinned adj.

Having white feathers or hair on the chin or below the beak or mouth. Cf. white-bearded adj. Frequently in names of birds.

ΚΠ

1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 663 White-chinned T[ody].

1830 Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 518 The White-chinned Bustard (Otis indica) seems greatly to resemble the churj of florican.

1872 Trans. Zool. Soc. 7 266 In a collection of birds from Benguela, made by Dr. Welwitsch, I saw white-chinned specimens.

1906 Ibis 6 161 One white-chinned example has this spot more pronounced than any other specimen in the collection.

1911 J. K. Turner Barbarous Mexico vi. 111 From the callow, raven-haired boy to the white-chinned grandfather, all six seemed to have had the last ray of mirth ground out of their systems.

2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 54 White-chinned petrels, the largest of the burrowing petrels, have been called ‘Cape hens’ and ‘shoemakers’, because their call resembles the sound of a cobbler hammering shoes.

Compounds

white-chinned thrush n. a thrush native to Jamaica, Turdus aurantius, having a dark grey back and wings, a paler grey breast, and a patch of white below the beak.

ΚΠ

1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. i. 45 (heading) White-chinned thr[ush].

1896 A. Newton Dict. Birds 998 Twopenny-chick, a creole name in Jamaica for the White-chinned Thrush of that island.

1996 R. H. Wauer Birder's West-Indies i. 23 As we drove into the uplands, we found two thrushes on the road: the common White-chinned Thrush and the less numerous White-eyed Thrush.

2011 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 8 May b3 I picked up white-chinned thrush, white-eyed thrush and Jamaican crow.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white-chinned
释义	white-chinnedadj. Brit. /ˈwʌɪttʃɪnd/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌtʃɪnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., chinned adj. Etymology: < white adj. + chinned adj. Having white feathers or hair on the chin or below the beak or mouth. Cf. white-bearded adj. Frequently in names of birds. ΚΠ 1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 663 White-chinned T[ody]. 1830 Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 518 The White-chinned Bustard (Otis indica) seems greatly to resemble the churj of florican. 1872 Trans. Zool. Soc. 7 266 In a collection of birds from Benguela, made by Dr. Welwitsch, I saw white-chinned specimens. 1906 Ibis 6 161 One white-chinned example has this spot more pronounced than any other specimen in the collection. 1911 J. K. Turner Barbarous Mexico vi. 111 From the callow, raven-haired boy to the white-chinned grandfather, all six seemed to have had the last ray of mirth ground out of their systems. 2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 54 White-chinned petrels, the largest of the burrowing petrels, have been called ‘Cape hens’ and ‘shoemakers’, because their call resembles the sound of a cobbler hammering shoes. Compounds white-chinned thrush n. a thrush native to Jamaica, Turdus aurantius, having a dark grey back and wings, a paler grey breast, and a patch of white below the beak. ΚΠ 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. i. 45 (heading) White-chinned thr[ush]. 1896 A. Newton Dict. Birds 998 Twopenny-chick, a creole name in Jamaica for the White-chinned Thrush of that island. 1996 R. H. Wauer Birder's West-Indies i. 23 As we drove into the uplands, we found two thrushes on the road: the common White-chinned Thrush and the less numerous White-eyed Thrush. 2011 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 8 May b3 I picked up white-chinned thrush, white-eyed thrush and Jamaican crow. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1782
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