单词 | cete |
释义 | ceten.1 A whale, a sea monster. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > member of whalec893 cetec1220 blubber-fish1756 sea-pig1826 cetacean1835 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > aquatic monster or serpent nickerOE cetec1220 dragona1340 serra1449 hurlpool1553 afanc1573 orcc1590 sea monster1600 Hydrus1667 sea-dragon1749 kraken1755 sea-snake1755 Midgard1770 the (great) sea-serpent1774 sea-worm1799 taniwha1840 makara1873 Mamlambo1919 lau1923 Ogopogo1926 c1220 Bestiary 513 in Old Eng. Misc. 16 Ðis cete ðanne hise chaueles lukeð. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xiii. xxvi. 463 The whale is callyd Cete. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 141 The Cete, Linnaeus's seventh order of Mammalia. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 205 This real cete of a scomber measured thirty-two feet lengthways, and had..a girth of sixteen feet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † ceten.2 Obsolete. A ‘company’ of badgers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Meles (badger) > collectively cete1486 1486 Bk. St. Albans F vj a A Cete of Graies. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. i. 19. 1886 Standard 13 Oct. Keeping what the old writers used to call a ‘cete of badgers’.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1c1220n.21486 |
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