单词 | three-toed |
释义 | three-toedadj. Having three toes; in Zoology a descriptive epithet of particular species of animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > having separate digits > having several digits > having three digits > three-toed three-toed1752 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 562 The three-toed Armadilla. 1772 J. Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 388 Three-toed Woodpecker. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 211 The Three-toed Sloth..is a native of Brazil, Para, and Rio Janeiro. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 24 Jan. 12/1 That the three-toed horse became extinct ages ago—geologically speaking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasthree-toed 1. Having a toe or toes; mainly in compounds in which the first element specifies the number or kind of toes, as three-toed, black-toed. Of a stocking, Having separate divisions for the toes; of a clog, or the like, Having a (leather) toe-piece. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > toe > [adjective] toed1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Guillemot, a certain three-towed fowle. 1757 Jeffrey Coll. Dresses I. 29 The Slipper resembles a toed Clog. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. i. ii. 15 On the tenth, Mr. Banks shot the black-toed gull, not yet described according to Linnæus's system. 1774 Trinket 37 In her little black bonnet, India handkerchief, and toed clogs. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. vi. 281 They..possessed five-toed fore and hind feet. 1895 Outing 27 200/1 That old man, upon his old-fashioned, curly-toed skates. 1910 Daily Chron. 15 Mar. 7/4 The stockings were toe-ed. < adj.1752 as lemmas |
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