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单词 grévys zebra
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Grévy's zebran.

/ˈɡreɪvɪz ˈziːbrə//ˈɡreɪvɪz ˈzɛbrə/
Etymology: translating of Equus grevyi (A. Milne-Edwards 1882, in La Nature 3 June 13/1), < the name of F. P. J. Grévy (1807–91), president of the French Republic.
A member of a species of zebra, Equus grevyi, found in southern Ethiopia and Somalia.
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Grévy's zebra1891
1882 Proc. Zool. Soc. 721 Mr. Sclater exhibited some photographs of the new Zebra, lately named Equus grevyi by M. A. Milne-Edwards.]
1891 W. H. Flower Horse Index 196/2 Zebra, Grevy's.
1894 Proc. Zool. Soc. 320 Grévy's Zebra was, I think, first shot in Somaliland by Colonel Paget.
1910 R. E. Drake-Brockman Mammals Somaliland 105 Grevy's zebra seems to prefer undulating rocky bush country to any other.
1931 Times Educ. Suppl. 7 Nov. 11 This species is known as Grevy's zebra, and is taller and slimmer than the true zebra.
1957 R. Campbell Portugal 46 The shimmering skin of a Grevy's zebra.
1965 D. Morris Mammals 353 Grévy's Zebra is the largest and most narrowly striped of the zebras.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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