| 单词 | stock-getter | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasstock-getter  (b)   Indicating an animal that is chosen or kept for breeding purposes, as  stock carp,  stock dog,  stock mare, etc. Also  stock-getter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > 			[adjective]		 > kept for breeding holding1547 store1602 stock1785 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > 			[noun]		 > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > cyprinus carpio (carp) > kept for breeding stock carp1785 1785    J. Woodforde Diary 20 Oct. 		(1926)	 II. 211  				Mr. Townshend..sent me 20 brace and ½ of stock Carp. 1801    Farmer's Mag. Apr. 222  				The season throughout has been remarkably favourable to stock sheep. 1854    Poultry Chron. 2 404  				The purchase of fowls intended for stock~birds should not now be delayed. 1861    H. Mayhew London Labour 		(new ed.)	 III. 15/2  				A black tan terrier..which was the greatest stock dog in London of that day. 1862    Cornhill Mag. Jan. 31  				A handsome little stock-mare. 1862    ‘The Druid’ Scott & Sebright 165  				Till within the last three years he [a stallion] was a very sure stock-getter. 1886    C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 74  				It..is only advisable with some very special stock-ram, whose progeny are valuable. 1891    Cent. Dict.  				Stock-fish,..fish adapted or used for stocking rivers, ponds, lakes, etc. 1909    Westm. Gaz. 13 Feb. 16/2  				Another hundred good stock trout have been placed in the Henley waters. 1909    Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 219/1  				It is very difficult to get good stock-ducks of the pure Aylesbury strain. < as lemmas | 
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