| 单词 | british white |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBritish White British White n. (also British White cattle) any of various old breeds of white cattle kept in the British Isles; (now) spec. a breed of polled white cattle with black points; an animal of this breed.The polled breed was formally split from the horned White Park breeds in 1946. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > hornless poll1786 moiley1824 British White1879 1879 J. Storer Wild White Cattle of Great Brit. xix The origin of British White Cattle is obscure. On the one hand, local tradition..declares some of them at least to be of the aboriginal wild breed of the British forests. 1950 Animal Breeding Abstr. 18 155 The name ‘British White’ was recently changed from ‘Park Cattle’, which in turn was the name given to the Wild White Cattle. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 July ix. 5/3 These days, that [sc. ‘stock’] means livestock, particularly the ‘heritage breed’ cattle like British Whites or Murray Greys. < as lemmas |
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