| 释义 |
‖ unau Zool.|ˈjuːnɔː|
[Brazilian of the Island of Maranhão.]
The South American two-toed sloth, Cholopus didactylus.
Adopted by Buffon from C. d'Abbeville Mission des Pères Capucins, etc. (1614) 252. Of the two kinds there mentioned by the names of Unaü and Unaü ouassou the former is Buffon's Ai, the latter his Unau.
1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. IV. xxii. 343 Of the sloth there are two different kinds,..the one, which in its native country is called the unan [sic], having only two claws upon each foot. 1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 93 Only one species [of Bradypus] is known, the Unau.., less uniform in its organisation than the Aï. 1872Humphry Myology 21 A recess and dimple in the astragalus of Unau and of Aï. |