| 单词 | hog lamb |
| 释义 | > as lemmashog lamb hog lamb n. [attested earliest as a surname: Oliver Hoglamb (1218)] a castrated male lamb. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > male > castrated or wether > at specific stage in life dinmont1424 hog lamb1810 1810 Trewman's Exeter Flying-post 13 Dec. Two hog lambs having been found in a Field..whoever can prove them to be their property, may have them restored. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 38 When a female, it is a ewe-lamb, when a male a tup-lamb, and this last name is changed to hogg-lamb, when the creature undergoes emasculation. 1986 Shetland Life Nov. 12/1 Anyone who has sold store lambs this year will have seen that..buyers are only picking the best of the hog lambs. 1999 H. Pearson in Northern Echo 9 Mar. 4 I used to meet farmers and think, ‘what the hell is that, what is a hog lamb?’ < as lemmas |
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