| 单词 | brood sow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrood sow c. attributive with sense ‘breeding’; as in brood class; brood hen, brood mare, brood sow, and the like, where however the words are often hyphenated: see Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > relating to mating > that mates brood1526 pairing1781 mating1850 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > female > sow > for breeding or pregnant brood sow1814 farrow-sow1836 the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > stock or breed > breeding class brood class1883 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dvv He..cherissheth vs, as..the broode henne her cheykyns. 1814 W. Scott Diary 10 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. 175 The brood sow making..a distinguished inhabitant of the mansion. 1883 Birmingham Weekly Post 11 Aug. 6/3 Mares and foals shown in the brood class. 1886 Sat. Rev. 6 Mar. 327/2 A brood mare, one of the blue-blooded matrons of the Stud-book. < as lemmas |
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