单词 | lamantin |
释义 | lamantinn. The manatee. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia > genus Trichechus (manatee) manatee1555 cow-fish1634 lamantin1666 manatoid1890 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands i. xvii. 103 A certain fish by the French called Lamantin, by the Spaniards Namantin and Manaty. 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands i. xvii. 300 Their not eating of salt, Swines-flesh, Tortoises, and Lamantin. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lamentine. 1762 Gentleman's Mag. (1806) May 208/1 Tortoises also and lamantins are found here [i.e. in Grenada] in great plenty. 1797 Naval Chron. 7 333 The lamentin (sea-cow or manattee). 1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 138 The bones of mammiferous sea animals namely, of the Lamentin and of seals. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times vii. 206 The most interesting..is the Manatee or Lamantin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1666 |
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