单词 | thoan |
释义 | thoanadj. Zoology. ? Obsolete. Of or pertaining to canine beasts of or akin to the subgenus Thous; in a restricted application including certain African jackals, but often extended as in thooid adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [adjective] > of type of canine thoan1839 thooid1880 Aussie1978 1839 C. H. Smith Nat. Hist. Dogs (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia IX) I. iv. 193 The Thoan group represents in form the wolf on a reduced scale. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 240/2 A race of..dogs..in Arabia..of Thoan form. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1839 |
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