| 单词 | water wolf |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater wolf water wolf n. a predatory aquatic or semiaquatic animal; esp. a pike (pike n.3 a). [ < water n. + wolf n., after post-classical Latin lupus aquaticus pike (compare lupus n.); compare German Wasserwolf pike (in Middle High German as wazzerwolf), otter (late 18th cent. or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Esocidae (pikes) > [noun] > esox lucius (true pike) hakedeOE pike1314 ged1324 water wolfa1398 luce14.. pike fish1494 lucetc1550 wolf1555 lucern1615 river wolf1655 jack fish1659 luscio1680 lupus1706 pickerel1709 esox1774 fresh-water shark1799 pickering1842 northern1950 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Lutra (otter) ottereOE badger1591 river-dog1610 water weasel1611 dog-fisher1655 water dog1655 river otter1780 land otter1844 water wolf1907 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. i. 1099 He..holdeþ þe mete leste þe water waisshe it soone out of here mowþe, as it fareþ in water wolues [L. lupis aquaticis] þat beþ lucyes. 1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 26 Sanguinarie souldiers, the Pike and water-wolues of the Ocean of this worlde. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. x. 159 (note) Innumerable eels, great water-wolves and pickerel, perches, roaches, [etc.]. 1907 Athenæum 10 Aug. 158/2 The poor otter, against which, as the ‘water-wolf’, ruthless war is waged. 2010 D. Bennet & T. Tiner Compl. Up North 203 The water wolves are almost revered for presenting the greatest of freshwater fishing challenges. < as lemmas |
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