单词 | mhorr |
释义 | mhorrn. Now rare. The dama gazelle, Gazella dama, a rare, large gazelle found in the western and southern Sahara. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Antilopinae > genus Gazella (gazelle) > Gazella dama (mhorr) dama1801 mhorr1825 addra1831 ariel1832 Mohr1852 1825 H. Clapperton Jrnl. in J. Bruce-Lockhart & J. Wright Difficult & Dangerous Roads (2000) 301 Mohur Arab - Garchiga Bornow - beautifull red & White Antilope. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son III. vi. 39 Presently a mohr of the elk-kind burst cover. 1833 Trans. Zool. Soc. (1835) 1 1 The M'horr Antelope. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 86 The animal is much sought after by the Arabs on account of producing the bezoar stones so highly valued in eastern medicine. These stones are commonly called in Marocco, Baid-el-Mhorr, mhorr's eggs. 1852 Catal. Mammalia Brit. Mus. iii. 59 Gazella Sœmmeringii. The Abyssinian Mohr. 1868 Nat. Encycl. I. 809 To this group belongs the Mhorr Antelope.., the Nanguer..of Senegal. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IV. 443/3 Coat..reddish brown with white rump, underparts, and head and a white spot on neck in the western races, such as the critically endangered mhorr gazelle. 1992 Zoo Life Winter 100/1 Koalas..and Mhorr gazelles are among the nearly 4,000 animals in 100 acres of one of the world's rarest zoo collections. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825 |
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