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单词 broad-fronted
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broad-frontedadj.

Brit. /ˌbrɔːdˈfrʌntᵻd/, U.S. /ˌbrɔdˈfrən(t)əd/, /ˌbrɑdˈfrən(t)əd/
Forms: see broad adj.1, front n., and -ed suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: broad adj.1, front n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < broad adj.1 + front n. + -ed suffix2. Compare later fronted adj.With use in the names of animals compare post-classical Latin latifrons, specific name (1817 or earlier).
Having a wide face or forehead.Now usually in the names of animals.
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c1500 in J. Harley et al. Rep. MSS R. R. Hastings (1928) I. 421 A horse hath xviij propretees, iij of an ox..brod yed, brod fronted, and syde garnesyde.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. v. 29 Broad-fronted Cæsar.
1838 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights (1839) I. Introd. 8 It was a Jinnee, of gigantic stature, broad-fronted and bulky, bearing on his head a chest.
1955 G. Cansdale Reptiles W. Afr. v. 85 The Short-nosed or Broad-fronted Crocodile..is confined to the smaller streams in the forest country.
2000 New Scientist 25 Mar. 37/2 The largest deer ever, the 1200-kilogram broad-fronted elk which lived in Eurasia around the time that Megaloceros evolved.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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