| 单词 | root-eater |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroot-eater root-eater n. a person or animal that eats roots; spec. a member of any of various North American Indian peoples with a staple diet of roots and tubers (cf. root digger n.). [Originally after Hellenistic Greek Ῥιζοϕάγοι, plural noun, denoting an Ethiopian tribe (1st cent. b.c. in Diodorus Siculus), use as noun of plural of ancient Greek ῥιζοϕάγος eating roots (Aristotle).] ΚΠ 1700 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. ii. 94 The Rizophages or Root Eaters. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 276 Another class [of the Snake Indians (Shoshone)]..are called Shuckers, or more commonly Diggers and Root eaters. 1880 Science 7 Aug. 68/2 The rest of the rodentia, mostly seed or root eaters, are neglected. 1925 R. G. Thwaites in E. Kenton Jesuit Relations & Allied Documents p. xxii The savage root-eaters of the Rocky Mountain region. 2009 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. (Nexis) 30 Jan. b3 Soap probably doesn't taste good to gophers, either, so plants contain saponins to deter these and other root-eaters. < as lemmas |
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