单词 | indian sheep |
释义 | > as lemmasIndian sheep b. With qualifying word denoting the species as African, broad-tailed, Rocky Mountain, wild (see argali n., mouflon n., musmon n.). Also applied to other genera, as †Indian sheep the llama or vicuña (see also Peruvian sheep n. at Peruvian n.1 and adj. Compounds 1b); mountain sheep, the ibex. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Lama (llama) llama1600 Indian sheep1604 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Vicugna Indian sheep1604 vicuña1604 vigogne1660 vigonia1834 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Capra > capra ibex (European ibex) stonebuckc1000 rock-goat1574 eveck1585 stambuck1591 ibex1607 rock-buck1681 steinbock1695 bouquetin1783 mountain sheep1807 stonebuck1855 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. xxi. 70 Indian sheepe, the which..do serve them as Asses to beare their burthens. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 102 An Indian Sheepe, out of the region of Peru. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. viii. 158/1 The Arabian broad tailed Sheep. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 68 Vicunnas or Peruvian sheep. 1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 13 Oct. 39 She [sc. Mrs. Roundabout] puts me in mind of my Lord Bantam's Indian sheep, which are obliged to have their monstrous tails trundled along in a go-cart. 1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 22 Dec. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) III. 260 Two horns of the animal the French Call the Rock mountain Sheep. 1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 143 The Ibex or mountain sheep. 1818 T. Laurie in Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. (1821) 3 308 Remarks..on the Skin of the Rocky Mountain Sheep. 1858 W. Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. at Oveæ The moufflon, or wild sheep of Sardinia and Corsica, and the argali, or wild sheep of India and Siberia. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 102/1 The Rocky Mountain sheep or goat (Haplocerus laniger),..is closely related to the chamois of Europe. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 161 The Yellow Sheep of Mongolia (Procapra gutturosa). 1881 Scribner's Monthly May 1/1 The American big horn, or Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis montana Cuv.). < as lemmas |
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