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单词 swine-badger
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swine-badger
swine-badger n. [compare German †Schweinedachs, †Schweinsdachs (18th cent.)] Obsolete (in later use historical) a variety of badger (supposedly) having a head or feet resembling those of a pig (= hog badger n. (a) at hog n.1 Compounds 2d); contrasted with dog-badger n. at dog n.1 Compounds 3b(a).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Meles (badger) > parts of
hog badger1611
swine-badger1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. x. sig. Ee3v/3 (Table Beasts & four-footed Creatures) Swine-Badger.
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. i. 31 Naturalists once distinguished the badger, by the names of the swine badger, and the dog badger; from the supposed resemblance of their heads to those animals.
1907 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 9 Nov. 373/1 I have a print or two in which they are depicted with cloven feet, for there were supposed to be two sorts of badger—the ordinary and the swine-badger.
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