英语词汇“year-bird”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

† year-bird n. Obsolete a hornbill, esp. the wreathed hornbill ( Rhyticeras undulatus) of Asia and the Papuan hornbill ( R. plicatus) of New Guinea, in which a new wrinkle was formerly believed to develop each year in the growth of the upper bill. [Probably after Dutch jaarvogel (1671 or earlier). Compare Malay burung tahun ( < burung bird + tahun year) and also Malay †ayam tahun tahun (1669 as ejam taun taun in a German context) < ayam fowl, hen + tahun year. Compare further German Jahrvogel (1669 in the same source).]

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night-raveneOE

cold-finch1676

crane1678

diver1694

solitary1708

wheat-bird1747

yellow-bill1775

Chinese thrush1781

whidah thrush1781

tomtit1789

solitaire1797

year-bird1798

softbill1830

swift-shrike1841

scissor bird1843

seed finch1862

sea-flyer1869

stalker1872

seven sisters1873

dicky bird1879

baboon bird1883

1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan I. 204 Among grotesque birds may be reckoned the..Wreathed [horn-bill],..called in Ceylon, the Year Bird, being supposed to have annually an addition of a wreath to its bill.

1891 Cent. Dict. at Djolan The year-bird, Buceros plicatus, a hornbill with a white tail and a plicated membrane at the base of the beak.

单词	year-bird
释义	> as lemmas year-bird † year-bird n. Obsolete a hornbill, esp. the wreathed hornbill ( Rhyticeras undulatus) of Asia and the Papuan hornbill ( R. plicatus) of New Guinea, in which a new wrinkle was formerly believed to develop each year in the growth of the upper bill. [Probably after Dutch jaarvogel (1671 or earlier). Compare Malay burung tahun ( < burung bird + tahun year) and also Malay †ayam tahun tahun (1669 as ejam taun taun in a German context) < ayam fowl, hen + tahun year. Compare further German Jahrvogel (1669 in the same source).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > miscellaneous night-raveneOE cold-finch1676 crane1678 diver1694 solitary1708 wheat-bird1747 yellow-bill1775 Chinese thrush1781 whidah thrush1781 tomtit1789 solitaire1797 year-bird1798 softbill1830 swift-shrike1841 scissor bird1843 seed finch1862 sea-flyer1869 stalker1872 seven sisters1873 dicky bird1879 baboon bird1883 1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan I. 204 Among grotesque birds may be reckoned the..Wreathed [horn-bill],..called in Ceylon, the Year Bird, being supposed to have annually an addition of a wreath to its bill. 1891 Cent. Dict. at Djolan The year-bird, Buceros plicatus, a hornbill with a white tail and a plicated membrane at the base of the beak. extracted from yearn. < as lemmas
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