| 单词 | mountain buffalo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain buffalo mountain buffalo n. U.S. (a) = mountain bison n.; †(b) the bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > ovis canadensis (bighorn) mountain rama1625 mountain sheep1802 bighorn1805 Rocky Mountain sheep1812 cimarron1850 Rocky Mountain bighorn1860 mountain buffalo1868 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > ovis dalli (dall sheep) mountain sheep1802 mountain buffalo1868 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bison > Bison bison (bison) > varieties of prairie buffalo1806 wood buffalo1837 plain buffalo1859 mountain buffalo1868 wood bison1895 1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 538 I saw no difference in the skulls [of bison], indicating a different species, or ‘Mountain Buffalo’ of the hunters. (The Bighorn is sometimes called so.) 1884 Encycl. Brit. Amer. Suppl. I. 540/2 Buffaloes long inhabiting other localities than the open plains, their natural homes, acquire distinguishable varietal characters. They are known as ‘wood-buffalo’ and ‘mountain-buffalo’. 1892 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 277/1 There are, besides the ordinary animal of the plains, the ‘mountain buffalo’,..the ‘wood buffalo’,..and the ‘beaver buffalo’. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 501/1 The buffalo is replaced by the mountain buffaloes, of which a few survive. 1986 S. Churcher N.Y. Confidential ii. 39 The black-tie crowd nibbled on lion-burgers, mountain-buffalo roast, and hippo pâté, prompting the Queen of England's husband, Prince Philip, to resign his club affiliation. < as lemmas |
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