| 释义 |
catalo U.S.|ˈkætələʊ|
Also cattalo, cattelo.
[f. cattle + buffalo.]
A cross between the male buffalo and the domesticated cow.
1889Kansas Times & Star 20 May, Colonel [Charles] Goodnight was the first man to experiment with crossing buffalo and cattle. A big herd of the hybrids, called ‘cattalo’, is now on his Texas ranch. 1894San Francisco Midwinter Appeal 10 Feb. 3/3 Grand Exhibit of Buffaloes and Cattleos. 1899C. J. Jones in H. Inman Buffalo Jones' Forty Years of Adv. 243 To these cross-breeds I have given the name ‘Catalo’, from the first syllable of cattle and the last three letters of buffalo. 1906Harper's Mag. Apr. 798 [The buffaloes] sad captives sinking to slow extinction in the hybrid cattelo with his mongrel name. 1923Chambers's Jrnl. July 454/1 The crossing of buffalo with domestic cattle. From the mating..has been evolved the ‘cattalo’. 1958Irish Times 23 Aug., The Cattalo, which was bred in Alberta, is an animal with fine beef qualities. |