英语词汇“scaly anteater”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. (a) A hairy mammal of the South American suborder Vermilingua (superorder Xenarthra, families Myrmecophagidae and Cyclopedidae), as the giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla; (b) (in full scaly anteater) the pangolin (genus Manis) of parts of Asia and Africa; (c) (in full Cape anteater) the aardvark, Orycteropus afer. Also figurative.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Myrmecophagidae (ant-eater)

anteater1668

pismire-eater1704

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 26 Tamandua Guacu Brasiliensis... the great Ant-eater... Tamandua–i, i.e. the lesser Ant-eater.

1758 Monthly Rev. 19 237 The Little Ant-eater: this animal has been mentioned by Linnæus, but has, we believe, never before been delineated.

1792 W. Jones et al. Diss. & Misc. Pieces Asia II. 289 As to the scaly Lizard the scaled Armadillo, and the five-nailed Ant-eater, they are manifestly improper designations of this animal [sc. the pangolin]; which is neither a Lizard nor an Armadillo in the common acceptation.

1838 G. R. Waterhouse Catal. Mammalia Mus. Zool. Soc. (ed. 2) 62 Cape Anteater..Orycteropus Capensis.

1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. v. 9 Many human ant-eaters that with their long tongues covered with oily words entice and entrap the unwary.

1907 Consolidated Libr. XIII. 83 The Ant-Eaters are found chiefly in South America, where they make their homes along the banks of streams.

1957 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 31 Dec. 12/1 The Bronx Zoo in New York is proud but puzzled. It has an ant-eater, but no ants.

1986 D. Brewster in H. B. Bloom Doris Lessing 44 The conversation is interrupted by a deadly fight between the anteater and a beetle.

2002 Environmental Hist. 8 479 The pangolin—a scaly ant-eater that lives in neat burrows in the ground—does not sit at the top of the food chain.

2004 R. Dawkins Ancestor's Tale 74 Xenarthrans are an order of South American mammals, including sloths, anteaters and armadillos.

b. In specific names, usually representing Latin squamosus, squamatus, or squameus: see quots. scaly ant-eater, scaly lizard, names for the pangolins.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > genus Manis or pangolin

scaly lizard1681

manis1750

pangolin1774

phatagin1774

scaly ant-eater1840

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. iii. 46 The Scaly-Lizard..is a yard and ½ long.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 118 The Pangolin, which has been usually called the Scaly Lizard.

1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. 74 Scaly Tortoise. Testudo Squamata.

1812 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 463 Scaly Lory. Psittacus squameus.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 186/1 Pangolins, a name in common use to designate the Scaly Ant-eaters.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 227 Genus Scardafella Bonaparte. Scaly Dove.

单词	scaly anteater
释义	> as lemmas scaly anteater a. (a) A hairy mammal of the South American suborder Vermilingua (superorder Xenarthra, families Myrmecophagidae and Cyclopedidae), as the giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla; (b) (in full scaly anteater) the pangolin (genus Manis) of parts of Asia and Africa; (c) (in full Cape anteater) the aardvark, Orycteropus afer. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Myrmecophagidae (ant-eater) anteater1668 pismire-eater1704 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 26 Tamandua Guacu Brasiliensis... the great Ant-eater... Tamandua–i, i.e. the lesser Ant-eater. 1758 Monthly Rev. 19 237 The Little Ant-eater: this animal has been mentioned by Linnæus, but has, we believe, never before been delineated. 1792 W. Jones et al. Diss. & Misc. Pieces Asia II. 289 As to the scaly Lizard the scaled Armadillo, and the five-nailed Ant-eater, they are manifestly improper designations of this animal [sc. the pangolin]; which is neither a Lizard nor an Armadillo in the common acceptation. 1838 G. R. Waterhouse Catal. Mammalia Mus. Zool. Soc. (ed. 2) 62 Cape Anteater..Orycteropus Capensis. 1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. v. 9 Many human ant-eaters that with their long tongues covered with oily words entice and entrap the unwary. 1907 Consolidated Libr. XIII. 83 The Ant-Eaters are found chiefly in South America, where they make their homes along the banks of streams. 1957 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 31 Dec. 12/1 The Bronx Zoo in New York is proud but puzzled. It has an ant-eater, but no ants. 1986 D. Brewster in H. B. Bloom Doris Lessing 44 The conversation is interrupted by a deadly fight between the anteater and a beetle. 2002 Environmental Hist. 8 479 The pangolin—a scaly ant-eater that lives in neat burrows in the ground—does not sit at the top of the food chain. 2004 R. Dawkins Ancestor's Tale 74 Xenarthrans are an order of South American mammals, including sloths, anteaters and armadillos. extracted from anteatern. scaly ant-eater b. In specific names, usually representing Latin squamosus, squamatus, or squameus: see quots. scaly ant-eater, scaly lizard, names for the pangolins. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > genus Manis or pangolin scaly lizard1681 manis1750 pangolin1774 phatagin1774 scaly ant-eater1840 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. iii. 46 The Scaly-Lizard..is a yard and ½ long. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 118 The Pangolin, which has been usually called the Scaly Lizard. 1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. 74 Scaly Tortoise. Testudo Squamata. 1812 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 463 Scaly Lory. Psittacus squameus. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 186/1 Pangolins, a name in common use to designate the Scaly Ant-eaters. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 227 Genus Scardafella Bonaparte. Scaly Dove. extracted from scalyadj. < as lemmas
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