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单词 hircocervus
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hircocervusn.

/həːkəʊˈsəːvəs/
Etymology: medieval Latin, < hircus he-goat + cervus stag: compare French hircocerf.
A fabulous creature, half goat, half stag.
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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xviii. c. (Bodl.) Tragelaphus is icleped Ircoceruus also and haþ þat name tragelaphus of tragos þat is a gotte bucke & elephos þat is an herte.
1661 K. W. Confused Characters 51 Hees a club footed..large lugg'd eagle ey'd Hircocervus [printed Hircocerous], a meere chimera, one of the Devils best boys.
1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. iii. 150 An Hirco-cervus or any other fictitious being is true and real with respect to the simple essences or natures.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1839–41 W. Howitt Visits to Remarkable Places (1882) 201 A large painting on the wall, a hircocervus or man animal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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