单词 | warree |
释义 | warreewareen. The white-lipped peccary, Dicotyles labiatus, native in Central and South America. Cf. tagnicati n., tayassu n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Suidae (swine) > genus Dicotyles > peccary > white-lipped peccary warree1697 Mexican hog1771 tagnicati1827 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World i. 9 When hunger begins to bite, he [sc. the Moskito Indian]..hunts about for Pecary, Warree, each a sort of Wild Hogs, or Deer. 1699 B. Sharp Voy. in W. Hacke Coll. Orig. Voy. ii. i. 4 Our Supper-Entertainment was a very good sort of a Wild-Beast called a Warre, which is much like unto our English Hog. 1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 105 [Isthmus of Darien] The Warree is another kind of Wild-Hog they have. 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 125 Besides the Hogs..there are two species which are peculiar to those parts of America..the Picary and Warree. 1842 T. Young Narr. Resid. Mosquito Shore 102 It was favourable weather for hunting, the woods near us being full of warrie. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 449 The white-lipped peccary or warree..is..about 40 inches in length, of a blackish colour, with the lips and lower jaw white. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1697 |
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