| 单词 | curly-polled |
| 释义 | > as lemmascurly-polled As the second element in adjectival combinations: having a head of a specified form, appearance, or colour, as curly-polled, etc.Now only used of animals. See also carroty-polled at carroty adj. Compounds, doddy-polled adj. at doddypoll n. Derivatives, patch-polled coot n. at patch n.1 Compounds, red-polled adj.1 ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > top of head > [adjective] pated1542 polled1728 vertical1826 coronal1828 1728 A. Ramsay Miser & Minos in Fables & Tales 31 The three-pow'd dog of hell Gowl'd terrible a triple yell; Which rouz'd the snaky Sisters three. 1795 H. Summersett Fate of Sedley I. 59 I would as soon marry a curly-poled nymph from Otaheite. 1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xxxii. 608 A bare-polled, goggle-eyed, bigheaded, lumbering personage stood staring at him. 1875 J. G. Wood Man & Beast 65/1 One tall, tan-skinned, black-haired, curly-polled fellow. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 513 Staggering Bob, a white polled calf, thrusts a ruminating head..through the foliage. 1970 Condor 72 95/1 The Black-polled Yellowthroat..is a little known species [of bird]. 2000 Land (N. Richmond, New S. Wales) 1 June 52/5 This year's team of seven, clean-polled herd improvers were among the best teams offered by his family. < as lemmas |
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