| 单词 | hog badger |
| 释义 | > as lemmashog badger hog badger n. †(a) a supposed variety of the Eurasian badger, Meles meles, having the head (or feet) resembling those of a pig; cf. dog-badger n. at dog n.1 Compounds 3b(a); (obsolete); (b) a large badger, Arctonyx collaris, found in the forests of eastern Asia, having a long, mobile, piglike snout and dark facial stripes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Meles (badger) > parts of hog badger1611 swine-badger1688 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Arctonyx (sand-badger) sand-badger1873 sand bear1883 hog badger1962 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Taisson porchin, the hog Badger; is footed, and snowted like a swine. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 218 There are two Sorts of Badgers, viz. the Dog-Badger, as resembling the Dog in his Feet; and a Hog-Badger, as resembling a Hog in his cloven Hoofs. 1835 Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. I. 280/2 The dog-badger and hog-badger may both belong to the same litter, or the same individual may be a dog-badger one year and a hog-badger the next. 1962 M. Burton Syst. Dict. Mammals of World 166 Hog-Badger (Arctonyx collaris) replaces Meles meles in S.E. Asia; hog-like snout, roots in ground like a pig. 2004 Webactive 14 Oct. 118/1 Did you know that there [are] many different species of badger, including the stink badger, hog badger and ferret badger? < as lemmas |
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