junco
See also: Junco
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish junco (“reed, rush”), from Latin iuncus (“reed, rush”).[1] Doublet of juncus and possibly junk.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkəʊ/
Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ʌŋkəʊ
- Hyphenation: jun‧co
Noun
editjunco (plural juncos or juncoes)
- Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow.
- 1862 July, Daniel Wilson, “Science in Rupert’s Land”, in The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science, and Art, volume VII, number XL (New Series), Toronto, Ont.: […] Canadian Institute […], →OCLC, page 343:
- Among many others secured by him, I noticed the eggs and parent birds of the American Widgeon, the Black duck, Canvass-back duck, Spirit duck (Bucephala albeola); small Black-head duck (Fulix affinis); the Wax-wing, (Ampelis garrulus); the Kentucky warbler, the Trumpeter swan, the Duck hawk (Falco anatum), and two species of juncoes.
- 1899 July 1, Henry B. Kaeding, “The Genus Junco in California”, in Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club: A Bi-monthly Exponent of Californian Ornithology, volume I, number 5, Santa Clara, Calif.: Cooper Ornithological Club, published September–October 1899, →OCLC, page 81, column 1:
- The juncos of this region were separated by Mr. L. M. Loomis and carry very striking characters, the most conspicuous being the bright rufous or reddish dorsal patch which is much more pronounced than in either oregonus or thurberi. These juncos are very common in the vicinity of Monterey during summer and during the breeding season are the only ones found there, but as foon as the young are fledged the birds wander.
- 1963, Herbert Friedmann, “Brown-headed Cowbird [Hosts of the Brown-headed Cowbird]”, in Host Relations of the Parasitic Cowbirds, Washington, D.C.: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 161:
- The slate-coloured junco is an infrequently reported host; probably it is molested very slightly by the brown-headed cowbird. [...] Mills (1957, pp. 25–27) noted that E. C. Allen found a fledgling cowbird attended and fed by juncos near Halifax, Nova Scotia, on July 17, 1933.
- (obsolete) The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic.
- [1658, Edward Phillips, compiler, “Junco”, in The New World of English Words: Or, A General Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Tyler, for Nath[aniel] Brook […], →OCLC:
- Junco, the Reed-Sparrow; a Bird.]
- 1819, Abraham Rees, “TURDUS”, in The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. […], volume XXXVI, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, […] [et al.], →OCLC, column 1:
- Arundinaceus. Brown-ferruginous; beneath whitiſh-teſtaceous; with tail-feathers banded and reddiſh at the apex. The junco of Geſner [i.e., Conrad Gessner], Aldrovand [i.e., Ulisse Aldrovandi], [John] Ray, and [Francis] Willughby.
Hyponyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editbird of the genus Junco
References
edit- ^ Compare “junco, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1901; “junco, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
editGalician
editNoun
editjunco m (plural juncos, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of xunco
Further reading
edit- “junco” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Latin
editNoun
editjuncō
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Etymology 1
editNoun
editjunco m (plural juncos)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Arabic جنك (junk), from Malay جوڠ (jong).
Noun
editjunco m (plural juncos)
Alternative forms
editDescendants
edit- → English: junk (or via Dutch jonk)
- → Italian: giunca, giunco, giuncho, ioncque (archaic), giunchi, zonchi (in the plural, archaic)
- → Spanish: junco, juanga, joanga
Further reading
edit- “junco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “junco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “junco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin iuncus. Cognate with English junk.
Noun
editjunco m (plural juncos)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Portuguese junco, from Arabic جنك (junk), from Malay jong (جوڠ).
Noun
editjunco m (plural juncos)
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- “junco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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