| 单词 | water deer |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater deer water deer n. †(a) the chital or axis deer, Axis axis, of Asia (obsolete); (b) (more fully Chinese water deer) a small deer found near riversides in eastern Asia, Hydropotes inermis, the male of which has tusks.The Chinese water deer is feral in parts of England. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Moschus (musk-deer) musk?a1500 must cat1504 musk cat1551 musk-goat1601 moschat1607 musk deer1673 water deer1815 kasturi1837 1815 J. H. Tuckey Maritime Geogr. III. 386 The animal called by the natives the water deer (Cervus Axis)..grows to a great size and lives in the marshes. 1879 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 63 (heading) The Chinese Water Deer. [Note] Hydropotes inermis. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 674 The male of the hornless water-deer has also strong canines. 1996 Guardian 26 Feb. i. 10/7 About the size of a large dog and with a warm sandy brown coat, it was a Chinese Water Deer, an introduction from Asia and the most elusive of Norfolk's five deer species. < as lemmas |
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