phataginn.

Brit.

/ˈfatəɡɪn/, U.S.

/ˈfædəɡən/

Forms: 1700s phataguin, 1700s– phatagin.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French phatagin.

Etymology: < French phatagin (Buffon Hist. nat. (1763) X. 192) < Hellenistic Greek ϕαττάγης an animal mentioned by Aelian, perhaps a species of pangolin (of uncertain origin, perhaps an eastern loanword) + French -in (compare -in suffix², -ine suffix⁴).Compare scientific Latin Phataginus, genus name (valid publication: C. S. Rafinesque in Ann. gén. Sci. Phys. (Bruxelles) (1821) 214, after earlier but invalid use in his Analyse de la nature (1815) 57).

Now historical and rare.

The long-tailed pangolin, Phataginus (or Manis) tetradactyla, an arboreal pangolin of southern Africa.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > genus Manis or pangolin

scaly lizard1681

manis1750

pangolin1774

phatagin1774

scaly ant-eater1840

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 305 This [class] comprehends the Tortoise, the Pangolin, and the Phataguin.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 124 Of this animal [sc. the pangolin], there is a variety which is called the phatagin, much less than the former.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 188/2 The Phatagin of Buffon appears to be the Long-tailed Pangolin (Manis tetradactyla, Linn.; Manis macroura, Erxleb.).

1878 Johnson's New Universal Cycl. (new ed.) III. 1068/1 There are numerous other species of Manis, one of the most remarkable being the phatagin (M. tetradactyla) of Africa.

1955 PMLA 70 273 From this passage, then, it becomes apparent that, in isolating the species pangolin and phatagin, Buffon has succeeded in assigning to a classification one of those nuances of natural forms which show the ‘relations between beings’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phatagin
释义	phataginn. Brit. /ˈfatəɡɪn/, U.S. /ˈfædəɡən/ Forms: 1700s phataguin, 1700s– phatagin. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French phatagin. Etymology: < French phatagin (Buffon Hist. nat. (1763) X. 192) < Hellenistic Greek ϕαττάγης an animal mentioned by Aelian, perhaps a species of pangolin (of uncertain origin, perhaps an eastern loanword) + French -in (compare -in suffix², -ine suffix⁴).Compare scientific Latin Phataginus, genus name (valid publication: C. S. Rafinesque in Ann. gén. Sci. Phys. (Bruxelles) (1821) 214, after earlier but invalid use in his Analyse de la nature (1815) 57). Now historical and rare. The long-tailed pangolin, Phataginus (or Manis) tetradactyla, an arboreal pangolin of southern Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > genus Manis or pangolin scaly lizard1681 manis1750 pangolin1774 phatagin1774 scaly ant-eater1840 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 305 This [class] comprehends the Tortoise, the Pangolin, and the Phataguin. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 124 Of this animal [sc. the pangolin], there is a variety which is called the phatagin, much less than the former. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 188/2 The Phatagin of Buffon appears to be the Long-tailed Pangolin (Manis tetradactyla, Linn.; Manis macroura, Erxleb.). 1878 Johnson's New Universal Cycl. (new ed.) III. 1068/1 There are numerous other species of Manis, one of the most remarkable being the phatagin (M. tetradactyla) of Africa. 1955 PMLA 70 273 From this passage, then, it becomes apparent that, in isolating the species pangolin and phatagin, Buffon has succeeded in assigning to a classification one of those nuances of natural forms which show the ‘relations between beings’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1774
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