| 单词 | red tiger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred tiger red tiger n. now rare the puma, Felis concolor. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Felis > felis concolor (puma) tiger1604 mountain lion?1615 panther1683 painter1738 red tiger1763 puma1771 American mountain lion1774 cougar1774 poltroon tiger1790 catamount1794 Indian devil1838 black panther1857 1763 P. Collinson Let. 10 May in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 593 Ye panther is found in the Brazils & is there Called the Cougar—the French call it the Red Tiger. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xviii. 50 The couguar, called in Surinam the red tyger. 1892 Science 25 Mar. 171/1 Early Spanish writers..sometimes mentioned the puma under the name of tiger, or used the name in some modified form, as red tiger, etc. 1992 E. Hoagland Wowlas & Coral in Balancing Acts 178 George is fiftyish, a black Creole [in Belize]... Pumas are ‘red tigers’. red tiger † †red tiger n. Obsolete earlier names for the puma.extracted from tigern.< as lemmas |
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