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单词 macauco
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macaucon.

Forms: 1700s mocock, 1700s mococo, 1700s–1800s macauco, 1700s–1800s maucauco, 1800s macaco.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare French mocok , maucauc , mococo (Buffon, 1765, probably after G. Edwards's use); compare also maki n.1 N.E.D. (1904) enters this under macaco and gives the pronunciation (măkēi·ko) /məˈkeɪkəʊ/.
Obsolete.
1. Originally: the ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta. Subsequently: any of various lemurs and lemur-like primates. Cf. maki n.1ruffed macauco: see ruffed adj.1 Compounds.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > member of family Lemuridae > genus Lemur (lemur) > miscellaneous types of
macauco1751
mongoose1758
Madagascar cat1900
1751 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds IV. 197 The Maucauco..is about the Bigness of a middling sized Cat.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 239 The last of the monkey kind are the Makies... The first of this kind is the Mococo; a beautiful animal, about the size of a common cat, but..of a longer make.
1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular VII. 224 The mococo, or maucauco, commonly known by the name of the ring-tailed maki.
1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 785 Lemur, the Maucauco..1. The tardigradus, or tail-less maucauco.
1797 S. James Narr. Voy. 141 The tail of the mocock, is the most beautiful that can be imagined.
1834 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. Phys. Geogr. 54/2 The flying macauco or lemur.
1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 419/1 The Makis, or Macaucos, properly so called, Lemur.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 63 Thirteen, at least, have been ascertained definitively; one of the longest known of which is the Macaco of Buffon, or the Ring-tailed Lemur.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 64 The Murine Macauco (Lemur murinus).
1884 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) I. 228 The Mongoose Lemur, or Woolly Macaco.
2. yellow macauco n. the kinkajou, Potos flavus (originally called Lemur flavus).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Procyonidae (raccoons) > [noun] > genus Potos (kinkajou)
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Mexican weasel1771
potto1771
yellow macauco1771
kinkajou1799
honey bear1821
1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 138 Yellow maucauco... Its keeper said it came from the mountains of Jamaica, and called it a Potto.
1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. ii. 403 Prehensile Weesel... This animal was first described by Mr. Pennant..under the name of the Yellow Macauco, a title which was afterwards changed to that of Yellow Weesel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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