babacooten.

Brit.

/ˈbabəkuːt/,

/ˈbɑːbəkuːt/, U.S.

/ˈbɑbəˌkut/

Forms: 1800s– babacoot, 1800s– babacoote, 1900s babakoute (rare).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Perhaps also a borrowing from Malagasy. Etymons: French babakoute, babacoute; Malagasy babakoto.

Etymology: < French babakoute (1840 or earlier), babacoute (1862 or earlier) and perhaps also its etymon Malagasy babakoto (pronounced /babaˈkutu/, colloquially also /babaˈkut/) babakoto n.

The indri, Indri indri (family Indriidae), which is the largest lemur found in Madagascar. Cf. babakoto n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Indriidae > genus Indri (indri)

indri1839

babacoote1870

babakoto1884

1870 Mem. Anthropol. Soc. 3 15 One of the officers following the queen on her visit to the coast, having shot a Babacoote, was degraded to the ranks.

1884 Dublin Rev. Jan. 146 More than one traveller, after shooting a lemur or babacoot as a zoological specimen, has had to surrender its remains.

1912 J. A. Houlder Among Malagasy v. 142 The melancholy barking howl of the babacoots.

1930 Folk-lore 41 46 The Betànimèna..of the East-Central region..look with horror upon killing the babacoote lemur, as the embodiment of the spirits of their ancestors.

2000 F. Ankel-Simons Primate Anat. (ed. 2) 301 In the Indri—babacoot, or giant lemur,—the webbing on the hands extends between fingers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	babacoote
释义	babacooten. Brit. /ˈbabəkuːt/, /ˈbɑːbəkuːt/, U.S. /ˈbɑbəˌkut/ Forms: 1800s– babacoot, 1800s– babacoote, 1900s babakoute (rare). Origin: A borrowing from French. Perhaps also a borrowing from Malagasy. Etymons: French babakoute, babacoute; Malagasy babakoto. Etymology: < French babakoute (1840 or earlier), babacoute (1862 or earlier) and perhaps also its etymon Malagasy babakoto (pronounced /babaˈkutu/, colloquially also /babaˈkut/) babakoto n. The indri, Indri indri (family Indriidae), which is the largest lemur found in Madagascar. Cf. babakoto n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Indriidae > genus Indri (indri) indri1839 babacoote1870 babakoto1884 1870 Mem. Anthropol. Soc. 3 15 One of the officers following the queen on her visit to the coast, having shot a Babacoote, was degraded to the ranks. 1884 Dublin Rev. Jan. 146 More than one traveller, after shooting a lemur or babacoot as a zoological specimen, has had to surrender its remains. 1912 J. A. Houlder Among Malagasy v. 142 The melancholy barking howl of the babacoots. 1930 Folk-lore 41 46 The Betànimèna..of the East-Central region..look with horror upon killing the babacoote lemur, as the embodiment of the spirits of their ancestors. 2000 F. Ankel-Simons Primate Anat. (ed. 2) 301 In the Indri—babacoot, or giant lemur,—the webbing on the hands extends between fingers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870
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