| 单词 | earth hog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth hog earth hog n. [after South African Dutch aardvark aardvark n.] now rare the aardvark, Orycteropus afer; cf. earth-pig n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Tubulidertata or aardvark > [noun] earth hog1731 aardvark1785 earth-pig1785 ant bear1796 orycterope1827 groundhog1840 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 118 The tongue of an Earth-Hog is long and pointed. When he is hungry, he looks for an Ant-Hill; and coming nigh the same, he lays him down,..stretching out his long tongue..the upper part of which being very clammy, the Ants are held thereon by the Legs. 1796 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant's New Trav. III. 392 This ant-bear is called in the colonies erd-verken (earth hog). 1847 J. Barrow Reflect. 146 The aard-varké, or earth-hog (the Myrmecophaga Capensis), is also very common, undermines the ground, and seldom appears but in the night. 1965 Sci. News 17 July 44/3 Known as ant-bear, earth hog and Isambane, the aardvark holds special place in almost all dictionaries. < as lemmas |
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