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Manchurian, a.|mænˈtʃʊərɪən|
[f. Manchuria, the country of the Manchus, now a dependency of China + -an.]
1. Of or pertaining to Manchuria.
1876A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distribution Animals I. 220 Japan and North China, or the Manchurian Sub-region. 1899J. F. Fraser Round World on Wheel xxxi. 395 In five minutes down swooped several Manchurian officers. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVII. 554/1 Eventually a Manchurian convention was arranged between China and Russia. 1937Discovery Jan. 12/2 A candle copied from an old Manchurian pattern. 1972W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-Europ. Lang. 154 The Manchurian languages are dispersed over an immense tract of the Soviet Far East.
2. Manchurian crane, a crane found in eastern Asia, Grus japonensis; Manchurian ermine (see quot.); Manchurian roe, sika, wapiti, local races of deer, Capreolus capreolus bedfordi, Cervus nippon mantchuricus, and C. canadensis xanthopygus; Manchurian tiger, a subspecies of the tiger, Panthera tigris longipilis, found in Manchuria and Siberia, and distinguished by its large size and shaggy fur; also called Siberian tiger.
1869Proc. Zool. Soc. 628 Mantchurian Crane. Grus montignesia. 1898R. Lydekker Deer of all Lands 102 The Manchurian wapiti is said to be smaller than the (?typical) American race. Ibid. 115 (caption) Buck and Doe of Manchurian Sika in winter pelage. Ibid. 231 (heading) The Manchurian Roe—Capreolus Manchuricus. 1899R. Ward Rec. Big Game (ed. 3) 458 Lastly, we have the Manchurian tiger (F. tigris longipilis), characterised by its large size, heavy build, short limbs, and the great length and thickness of the fur. 1931–4J. D. D. La Touche Handbk. Birds E. China II. 298 The Manchurian Crane breeds in Manchuria, Corea, and Eastern Siberia, and passes through Japan on migration. 1957M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 219/1 Manchurian ermine, fur of Chinese weasel. 1964A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 162/1 Another species that has become alarmingly scarce is the Manchurian Crane G[rus] japonensis, a large white bird with black wings, a dark grey face, and a broad streak of the same colour running downwards at either side of the neck. 1964R. Perry World of Tiger i. 8 A Manchurian tiger does in fact tire quickly and rest often when traversing deep snow. 1972G. K. Whitehead Deer of World v. 74 The Manchurian Wapiti is similar to the North American animal. Ibid. 77 The principal distribution of the Manchurian Sika deer is in the central and southern parts of Manchuria. [Ibid. 84 Throughout the greater part of the Korean Peninsula the Roe is the Chinese or Manchurian race, C[apreolus] c[apreolus] bedfordi. ] |