单词 | grévys zebra |
释义 | Grévy's zebran. A member of a species of zebra, Equus grevyi, found in southern Ethiopia and Somalia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > miscellaneous types quagga1780 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). < n.1891 |
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