单词 | spotted hog deer |
释义 | > as lemmasspotted hog deer spotted hog deer n. now historical the chital; = spotted deer n.; (formerly also) †the Javan mouse deer, Tragulus javanicus (obsolete).The chital, Axis axis, appears formerly to have been confused with the Indian hog deer, A. porcinus. ΚΠ 1812 Q. Rev. Dec. 377 The little spotted hog-deer is a native of Java. 1835 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Ruminating Animals (Naturalist's Libr: Mammalia III) I. 167 The Spotted Axis is abundant in Bengal..; and by the British sportsmen in India is frequently hunted under the appellation of the Spotted Hog-deer. 1861 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) I. 698 Another member of the Rusine Deer is the well-known Axis, Chittra, or Spotted Hog Deer. 2011 R. Conniff Species Seekers xii. 186 His [sc. S. G. Morton's] paper..cited crosses..between a deer and a pig, producing India's spotted hog-deer. < as lemmas |
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