white-clawedadj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtklɔːd/,

/ˌwʌɪtˈklɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌklɔd/,

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌklɑd/

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

Etymology: < white adj. + clawed adj.

Having white or pale claws (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [adjective] > white-crested

white-clawed1743

white-headed1780

white-capped1841

whitehead1870

1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June 99 He [sc. the ram] ought to be..wide-loined, pole-headed, large and white-limbed, white-faced, white-bellied, white-clawed or hoofed.

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 167 There are several species, two only of which inhabit Europe—the common Kestrel..and the White-clawed Kestrel.

1862 T. C. Jerdon Birds India I. 180 Cypselus leuconyx, Blyth... The White-clawed Swift.

1888 Encycl. Britannica XXIII. 635/1 The large light-coloured Himalayan bear (Ursus isabellinus) has its home on the Pamir, and the smaller, strong, white-clawed Leuconyx up to the highest levels on the Tian-Shan.

1913 J. S. Chase Calif. Coast Trails xvi. 208 As the fog broke from time to time the warring white-clawed waves could be seen far out at sea.

1919 Standard Cycl. Hort. (ed. 3) VI. 3168/1 Petals 2-lobed, white-clawed.

2004 Estuaries 18 193/2 The white-clawed mud crab, Eurytium limosum, was abundant..in tall-form Spartina on the creekbank.

Compounds

white-clawed crayfish n. [after French écrevisse pieds-blancs (1869 in the source referred to in quot. 1880, or earlier)] a small freshwater crayfish native to Europe, Austropotamobius pallipes, which is olive brown with pale claws.Now endangered throughout much of its range, often because of competition with and disease acquired from species of crayfish introduced from America.

ΚΠ

1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish vi. 297 M. Carbonnier..says that, in the streams of France, there are two very distinct kinds of crayfishes—the red-clawed crayfish..and the white-clawed crayfish (L'écrevisse à pieds blancs), and that the latter inhabit the swifter streams.

1997 Wildlife & Fresh Water (Eng. Nature) Mar. 12 England's native white-clawed crayfish has largely disappeared from the rivers of the south and east.

2006 Independent 8 Feb. 10/3 Hundreds of thousands [of mitten crabs] have spread up the Thames, out-eating native white-clawed crayfish.

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

单词	white-clawed
释义	white-clawedadj. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtklɔːd/, /ˌwʌɪtˈklɔːd/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌklɔd/, /ˈ(h)waɪtˌklɑd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., clawed adj. Etymology: < white adj. + clawed adj. Having white or pale claws (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [adjective] > white-crested white-clawed1743 white-headed1780 white-capped1841 whitehead1870 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June 99 He [sc. the ram] ought to be..wide-loined, pole-headed, large and white-limbed, white-faced, white-bellied, white-clawed or hoofed. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 167 There are several species, two only of which inhabit Europe—the common Kestrel..and the White-clawed Kestrel. 1862 T. C. Jerdon Birds India I. 180 Cypselus leuconyx, Blyth... The White-clawed Swift. 1888 Encycl. Britannica XXIII. 635/1 The large light-coloured Himalayan bear (Ursus isabellinus) has its home on the Pamir, and the smaller, strong, white-clawed Leuconyx up to the highest levels on the Tian-Shan. 1913 J. S. Chase Calif. Coast Trails xvi. 208 As the fog broke from time to time the warring white-clawed waves could be seen far out at sea. 1919 Standard Cycl. Hort. (ed. 3) VI. 3168/1 Petals 2-lobed, white-clawed. 2004 Estuaries 18 193/2 The white-clawed mud crab, Eurytium limosum, was abundant..in tall-form Spartina on the creekbank. Compounds white-clawed crayfish n. [after French écrevisse pieds-blancs (1869 in the source referred to in quot. 1880, or earlier)] a small freshwater crayfish native to Europe, Austropotamobius pallipes, which is olive brown with pale claws.Now endangered throughout much of its range, often because of competition with and disease acquired from species of crayfish introduced from America. ΚΠ 1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish vi. 297 M. Carbonnier..says that, in the streams of France, there are two very distinct kinds of crayfishes—the red-clawed crayfish..and the white-clawed crayfish (L'écrevisse à pieds blancs), and that the latter inhabit the swifter streams. 1997 Wildlife & Fresh Water (Eng. Nature) Mar. 12 England's native white-clawed crayfish has largely disappeared from the rivers of the south and east. 2006 Independent 8 Feb. 10/3 Hundreds of thousands [of mitten crabs] have spread up the Thames, out-eating native white-clawed crayfish. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1743
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