eye-stripe

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See also: eyestripe

English

Noun

eye-stripe (plural eye-stripes)

  1. Alternative form of eyestripe
    • 1806, Charles Linné [i.e., Carl Linnaeus], “Order V. Pecora.”, in William Turton, transl., A General System of Nature, through the Three Grand Kingdoms of Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals: In Seven Volumes, volumes I (Animal Kingdom.—Mammalia. Birds. Amphibia. Fishes.), London: Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co. , →OCLC, section 38 (Antilope), page 112:
      Dama. [i.e., the dama gazelle] Horns hooked forward at the ends; body white; dorſal and eye-ſtripes tawny.
    • 1812, George Shaw, General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History, volume VIII, part 1 (Aves), London: Printed for Kearsley, Wilkie and Robinson, , →OCLC, page 174:
      MALIMBA BEE-EATER. [] Cinereo-violaceous Bee-Eater, sanguine rose-coloured beneath, with black eye-stripe, white throat, and two lengthened tail-feathers.
    • 2014, Keith Vinicombe, “Topographical Tips”, in The Helm Guide to Bird Identification: An In-depth Look at Confusion Species, London: Christopher Helm, →ISBN, page 14:
      The eye-stripe is exactly that: a stripe through the eye. When present, this is a dark line that usually extends from the bill back through the eye. On some birds, it extends just from the eye back, leaving the lores (the area between the eye and the bill) pale and unmarked.