单词 | roussette |
释义 | roussetten. 1. Any of various fruit bats constituting the genus Rousettus (family Pteropodidae); esp. R. aegyptiacus, which occurs widely from Africa to South Asia.Roussettes are the only megachiropteran bats that use echolocation, using pulses that are audible to humans. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bat) > genus Rousettus (roussette) roussette1768 1768 Universal Mag. Mar. 116/2 The greatest difference I have remarked between the several species of bats, is in the flying dog and the roussette. 1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 550 Many of the Roussettes are of an enormous size. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 184/1 The common roussette.., which inhabits Madagascar and the Isle of France. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. ii. i. 135 The Roussette of Ceylon (the ‘Flying-Fox’ as it is usually called by Europeans). 1918 W. E. Fitch Dietotherapy I. 771 The kalong, or edible roussette (a species of bat), is abundant in Java. 1967 Adv. Parasitol. 5 150 Infection in the rousette fruit bat is limited to a small region in Ghana. 2000 E. Hunt et al. South Pacific 581/1 You'll have the opportunity to taste venison.., lobster, coconut crab, roussette (a fruit-eating flying fox) and various traditional Kanak food sources. 2. A cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae; esp. the lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Scyliorhinidae > dogfish sea-houndc1330 houndfishc1386 hussc1440 dogfishc1450 break-net1585 sea-dog1601 rough hound1602 hound1603 mallet-fish1611 dogship1623 morgya1667 gobbag1716 bone dog1825 roussette1844 1844 W. S. W. Ruschenberger Elements Herpetol. & Ichthyol. ix. 123 How are Roussettes distinguished from other Sharks? 1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 58 Scylliidæ (The Roussettes). 1909 C. F. Holder & D. S. Jordan Fish Stories xl. 326 The little swell shark..reaches a length of about three feet, is spotted with black, like the cat sharks or roussettes of southern Europe. 1960 Physiol. Zool. 33 279/2 A rapid loss of iodine was also seen in the experiments..with marine rousette shark, Scyliorhinus (Scyllium) canicula. 1996 J. W. Rosenthal Spectacles & Other Vision Aids ii. 9/2 Rousette is a type of shark with a dark brown-red colored skin. It is also used in making cases. 3. Usually with capital initial. A dry white wine produced from Roussette grapes (also called Altesse grapes) grown in the Savoy wine region of eastern France. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > French wines > [noun] > Rhône hermitage1680 eremitage1796 Côte-rôtie1802 roussette1873 Tavel1875 Châteauneuf-du-Pape1876 Rhone1895 Seyssel1926 1873 E. Smith Foods xxxvi. 401 There were 272 specimens of..wines exhibited..Hermitage and Tokay, as well as Roussette. 1946 G. Millar Horned Pigeon xx. 309 With the fondue we drank Roussette, an excellent local white wine which was then new to me. 1968 Vogue 15 Apr. 121/1 To the South of the Jura lie the vineyards of the Savoy. Both red and white wines are grown, but it is the latter that are worth looking for, especially seyssel and..crépy and roussette. 2002 O. Clarke New Wine Atlas 99/2 The best sites are reserved either for the dark, loganberry-scented Mondeuse or for the white Roussette. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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