单词 | hippotragine |
释义 | > as lemmashippotragine hippotragine adj. and n. Brit. /hɪˈpɒtrədʒɪn/ , /hɪˈpɒtrədʒʌɪn/ , U.S. /hɪˈpɑtrədʒ(ə)n/ , /hɪˈpɑtrəɡ(ə)n/ , /hɪˈpɑtrəˌdʒaɪn/ , /hɪˈpɑtrəˌɡaɪn/ [after scientific Latin Hippotraginae, subfamily name (1876 or earlier)] (a) adj. of or relating to a large African antelope of the subfamily Hippotraginae; designating such an antelope; (b) n. an antelope of this type.Cf. orygine adj.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [adjective] > belonging to the Hippotraginae orygine1827 hippotragine1889 1889 H. A. Nicholson & R. Lydekker Man. Palæontol. (ed. 3) II. lxi. 1348 The Hippotragine section may be taken to include the existing African genera Oryx, Addax, and Hippotragus. 1902–3 Animal Life & World of Nature 1 168 The long, splendidly-curved, backward-directed and almost hippotragine horns of Mrs. Gray's Waterbuck. 1902–3 Animal Life & World of Nature 1 169 The Oryxes and the Hippotragines are the handsomest and most notable development of antelope. 1969 S. Afr. Archaeol. Bull. 24 98/2 A hippotragine tentatively identified as the Blue Antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus). 2014 S. Afr. Archaeol. Bull. 69 114/1 (caption) The wooden carvings represent hippotragine (roan) antelope. < as lemmas |
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