单词 | pupping |
释义 | > as lemmasˈpupping ˈpupping n. the action or process of giving birth to pups; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1761 Moral & Descriptive Epistle 13 In pupping she had dy'd, Sweet fondling animal, of dogs the pride. 1798 C. Archer Misc. Observ. Effects Oxygen on Animal & Veg. Syst. 84 If the bitches were removed a little before their pupping time, to the stables.., they hardly ever lost a whelp. 1845 W. Youatt Dog xiii The pupping usually takes place from the sixty-second to the sixty-fourth day. 1877 F. Whymper Sea I. ii. 40 The seals were landing in the coast, it being the pupping season. 1960 Canad. Audubon Jan.–Feb. 2/2 Localities where sea lions come ashore for purposes other than breeding or pupping are called ‘hauling grounds’. 1990 Birder's World Aug. 58/1 They frequent pupping grounds of seals. < as lemmas |
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