单词 | strand-wolf |
释义 | > as lemmasstrand-wolf strand-wolf n. [Dutch] the name given in South Africa to the striped hyena ( Hyæna brunnea). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > [noun] > family Hyaenidae (hyena) > member of genus Hyaena dabuh1600 strand-wolf1786 1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) I. 165 Two other voracious animals of this kind are found in Africa, which are distinguished by the names of mountain-wolf and strand-wolf. 1826 A. Smith Catal. S. Afr. Mus. i. 14 Striped Hyæna of the English. Strand Wolf of the Dutch. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 420/2 If the strand wolf (Hyæna villosa) of the Cape colonists is only a variety of this species [Hyæna striata]. < as lemmas |
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