单词 | dog hound |
释义 | > as lemmasdog hound b. With names of members of the dog family, and of some other carnivorous mammals: male; as dog hound, dog otter, dog seal, etc. Cf. sense 2, and see also dog fox n., dog-wolf n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Panthera > panthera tigris (tiger) > male or female dog1555 tigress1611 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > male dogc1450 dog hound1687 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. ii. f. 96v The dogge tyger [L. tigris] chaunsed fyrste into this pitfaul. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie vii. 16 (heading) The signes vnder the which she may best be lined to bring foorth dogge whelps which shall not be subiect vnto diseases. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2220/4 Lost lately at Newmarket, an old Dog-Hound of His Majesties. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. vii. 55 We have got the Dog Fox, I warrant the Bitch is not far off. 1778 in G. Cartwright Jrnl. Resid. Coast Labrador (1792) II. 346 [I turned] to an enormous, old, dog bear which came out of some alder-bushes on my right. 1832 C. M. Goodridge Narr. Voy. South Seas 29 The dog seals are named by South Seamen Wigs. 1888 Ferrets & Ferreting (ed. 2) iv. 20 A dog polecat ferret. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 184 An old dog hyæna. 1955 Times 14 July 5/4 The Duke of Norfolk saw the doghound championship awarded to Distaff, a 1952 entered hound from his own pack. 1975 T. Russell Chron. Uncle Mose 54 Uncle Sol told Skipper Lige right to his face that he was uglier lookin' than an old dog hood [i.e. hooded seal]. 2005 Brit. Life Jan. 25/4 As soon as the young are capable of taking care of themselves, the dog otter goes off to live by himself. < as lemmas |
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