单词 | yellow-rumped |
释义 | yellow-rumpedadj. Having a yellow rump or lower back. Also (of a bird): having yellow upper tail coverts. Chiefly in names of birds and other animals. ΚΠ 1758 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. I. 97 The Yellow-rumped Fly-catcher. 1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds IX. 451 The Yellow-rumped Grosbeak, Loxia Hordeacea; from India. 1848 G. R. Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mammalia II. 351 The Yellow-rumped, or Common Agouti..may be distinguished by the long hairs which cover the hinder part of the back being chiefly of a rich yellow. 1881 C. J. Maynard Birds E. North Amer. 84 Certhiola flaveola. Yellow-rumped Creeper. 1932 News (Adelaide) 17 Oct. 2 The yellow-rumped pardalote is a small, fearless little bird that feeds entirely on insects. 1992 D. G. Campbell Crystal Desert x. 198 I have a friend, a rubber tapper in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon, who built his homestead under a tree dripping with the hanging nests of yellow-rumped caciques. 2007 R. D. Lord Mammals S. Amer. vi. 49 (caption) Yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis xanthopygus). Compounds yellow-rumped warbler n. a common New World migratory warbler, Setophaga coronata, which is typically grey-brown with darker streaks, a bright yellow patch on the rump, and (in males) bright yellow patches on the crown and flanks.Also called yellow-rump, yellow-rump warbler.The yellow-rumped warbler has several subspecies, including Audubon's warbler ( S. coronata auduboni) and myrtle warbler ( S. coronata coronata), which were previously identified as separate species. Π 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 481 Yellow-rumped w [arbler] . 1883 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 525/2 I thought I knew the song of the yellow-rumped warbler, having listened to it many times. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 130/1 The broad white wing-patch..is a sure mark of identification of the Audubon and distinguishes it from the Myrtle, or Yellow-rumped, Warbler. 2013 Guardian 27 Dec. 11/2 Yellow-rumped warblers were seen on Lundy, swept over from North America by the storm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1758 |
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