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单词 hircocervus
释义 hircocervus|hɜːkəʊˈsɜːvəs|
[med.L., f. hircus he-goat + cervus stag: cf. F. hircocerf.]
A fabulous creature, half goat, half stag.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. c. (MS. Bodl.), Tragelaphus is icleped Ircoceruus also and haþ þat name tragelaphus of tragos þat is a gotte bucke & elephos þat is an herte.1661K. W. Conf. Charac., Informer (1860) 47 Hees a clubfooted..large lugg'd eagle ey'd hircocervus [printed -rous], a meere chimera, one of the devils best boys.1701Norris Ideal World i. iii. 150 An Hirco-cervus or any other fictitious being is true and real with respect to the simple essences or natures.1706Phillips (ed. Kersey).1839–41Howitt Vis. Rem. Places (1882) 201 A large painting on the wall, a hircocervus or man animal.
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