| 单词 | land pike |
| 释义 | > as lemmasland pike land pike n. (a) = hellbender n. 1; (b) an inferior type of pig. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Cryptobranchidae > cryptobranchus alleghaniensis (hellbender) land pike1687 hellbender1812 mud-devil1825 water-puppy1832 Menopoma1835 menopome1842 man-eater1859 ground-puppy1863 mud puppy1877 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > prize-winning or inferior prize pig1791 land pike1842 1687 R. Blome Present State Isles & Territories in Amer. 56 A Land-Pike is another strange Reptile, so called from its likeness to that Fish; but instead of Fins, it hath four Feet. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Land-Pike, a Creature in America, like the Fish of the same Name, but having Legs instead of Fins. 1841 Cultivator VIII. 152 I am anxious that he should soon get rid of his land-pikes and alligators. 1842 Cultivator X. 37 Hogs, landpike variety, are so cheap. 1856 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 7 716 The Suffolk swine..are of the same descent as the long-nosed, slabsided land pike, so often seen in the highways. 1890 Amer. Notes & Queries 5 21/2 I think the term land-pike more frequently designates a thin, lank, half-wild swine. < as lemmas |
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