| 单词 | two-teeth |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwo-teeth two-teeth adj. (also two-tooth) applied to sheep of from one to two years old: having two full-grown permanent teeth, double-toothed; also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of specific age two-teeth1776 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by age > one year old or sheared once shearling1378 hoggaster1388 hogget1421 shear-sheep1503 shear-hog?1523 hoggerel1530 shear wether hog1537 teg1537 hog sheep1552 lamb-hog1607 shearinga1642 two-teeth1776 hogling1856 1776 Carlisle Mag. 13 July 22 It [the goggles] generally..attacks the younger sheep, more particularly the two tooths. 1778 Lett. & Pap. Agric. to Soc. at Bath I. 42 The sheep most subject to it [the disease goggles] are two teeth. 1831 J. Morton Gloucestershire Hill-farm 16 in Farm-rep. The young or two-teeth ewes. 1945 N. Marsh Died in Wool viii. 180 A couple more dirty two-tooths for the herd to shear. 1962 Coast to Coast 1961–2 26 Kangaroos, goannas and two-tooth ewes constitute the characteristic fauna of Coorabin. 1972 P. Newton Sheep Thief iii. 26 As two-tooths they all go out to Cow Creek with the ewes. 1980 D. Hart-Davis Heights of Rimring xviii. 212 ‘What the hell's a two-tooth ewe?’ ‘A hogget—a second-year ewe. The best mutton there is.’ < as lemmas |
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