单词 | guanaco |
释义 | guanacon. A South American mammal, Auchenia huanaco, a kind of wild llama producing a reddish brown wool. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Lama (llama) > Lama guanicoe (guanaco) guanaco1604 wannock1724 wanacoe1796 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. xxi. 70 There are few of those beastes, which at Peru they call Guancos. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xx. 185 There are also of those beasts which they call Guanacos and Pacos, which are sheepe. 1670 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 98 There are many Ostriches in the plain Lands, and Guianacoes, which are the Beasts that bear the red Wool, whereof Hats are made in England. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 142 We saw..Guinacoes or Peruvian Sheep, as big as small Mules. 1729 J. Wood Voy. 86 Here is Plenty of Winnackews, or Spanish sheep. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere I. 15 Guanicoes..resemble our deer, but are much larger, the height of some not being less than thirteen hands. 1811 W. Walton Hist. Peruvian Sheep 83 The Huanaco or Guanaco of the Spaniards..is the largest of the two species of wild Peruvian sheep. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1604 |
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