| 单词 | bull of the river |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbull of the river 2. The male of certain other large animals, as the elephant, alligator, whale, etc. †bull of the river: see quot. (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > male > of large animals bull1726 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 99 [The Nilus produceth] Buls of the Riuer (so they write) not much vnlike to those of the land, but no bigger than a calfe of halfe a yeare old. 1726 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 260 They [whales] generate much like to our neat Cattle, and therefore they are termed Bull, Cow, and Calf. 1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 716 Fights usually take place when male whales or bulls..meet with rivals. 1886 F. H. H. Guillemard Cruise Marchesa I. 198 The attitude of the bulls [seals] towards each other becomes more peaceable. < as lemmas |
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