| 单词 | razor-backed hog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrazor-backed hog razor-backed hog n. U.S. = razorback n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > defined by parts razor-backed hog1836 razorback1845 scissorbill1871 1836 Cultivator Nov. 137 The same corn that will make 100 lbs. of pork upon a long-legged, long-snouted, razor-backed hog, will put 150 or 200 lbs. upon the frame of a Berkshire or other improved breed. 1886 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In Clouds in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 200/2 In a corner of the rickety rail fence a gaunt, razor-backed hog lay grunting drowsily. 1923 L. Carrier Beginnings Agric. in Amer. xxii. 274 Two razor-backed hogs..could be raised in the woods at practically no outlay by the planter. 1990 J. Houston In Search of Happiness (BNC) 192 The vision of herself as a razor-backed hog with warts on its face haunts her. < as lemmas |
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