| 释义 |
su·su
I. \ˈsü(ˌ)sü\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Bengali susuk, from Sanskrit śiśuka, literally, baby, baby creature, from śiśu baby, child; from its being confused with the crocodile and believed to eat babies; akin to Greek kyein to be pregnant — more at cave
: a blind cetacean (Platanista gangetica or Susu gangetica) about eight feet long resembling a dolphin, inhabiting the larger rivers of India, and having a long, slender, slightly spatulate beak, many teeth, triangular pectoral fins, and a rudimentary ridgelike dorsal fin
II. noun
(plural susu or susus)
Usage: usually capitalized
1.
a. : a West African people of the Mali and Guinea republics and the area along the northern border of Sierra Leone
b. : a member of such people
2. : a Mande language of the Susu people
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Dobuan, literally, mother's milk; probably akin to Malay susu breast, milk
: a Dobuan kinship group consisting of a woman, her brother, and her children but exclusive of her husband and her brother's children |