单词 | saddle patch |
释义 | > as lemmassaddle patch a. Originally: a saddle-like marking on the back of the adult harp seal, Pagophilus (or Phoca) groenlandicus. Later also: a similar marking on the backs of some other animals. More fully saddle marking, saddle patch. Cf. saddle mark n. 2.In quot. 1888: the harp seal itself (see saddleback n. 6). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > marking on back saddle1766 spine1791 saddle mark1892 1766 J. Banks in A. M. Lysaght J. Banks in Newfoundland & Labrador (1971) 145 The Heart or Possibly Harp Seal is markd over the Shoulders with a brown figure rudely resembling a harp which they Call the Saddle. 1784 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. I. i. 165 The Newfoundland Seal-hunters call it the Harp, or Heart Seal, and name the marks on the sides the saddle. 1873 M. Carroll Seal & Herring Fisheries Newfoundland iii. 15 The harp seals have the black stripes, which is called the ‘saddle’. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 527/1 The majority of the vessels, after prosecuting the ‘saddle’ sealing at Newfoundland or Greenland, proceed direct to Disco. 1969 E. H. Hart Encycl. Dog Breeds 257 The Plott Hound differs from all other hounds in colouring for he is a brindle dog with a black saddle. 2002 J. Cunliffe Encycl. Dog Breeds (new ed.) 22/2 Both saddle markings and blankets are areas of usually dark or black coat over the region of the back, but blankets are marking that extend further down the flank of the dog than do saddles. 2004 Smithsonian Nov. 65/1 Scientists identify killer whales by the individual shape of a splash of gray behind their dorsal fin, called a saddle patch, and the fin itself. < as lemmas |
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