anoan.
An animal of the genus of the same name; a small wild ox of Sulawesi.
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1845 Ld. Derby 6 Nov. in J. E. Gray Gleanings Menagerie Knowsley (1850) ii. 47, I have arranged our exchange for the Anoa and Burchell's Zebra.
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 695/2 The singular ruminant, Anoa.
1888 Athenæum 1 Dec. 740/1 Prof. J. B. Steere [read a paper] on the ‘tamaron’, a bovine animal found in the island of Mindoro, Philippines, which he believed to be allied to the anoa of Celebes.
1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 27 Sept. p. iv/2 The Anoa, or dwarf buffalo, is confined to the island of Celebes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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- anile
- anileness
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- anilic
- anilic acid
- anilide
- anilidic acid
- aniline
- aniline acetate
- aniline black
- aniline colours
- anomalistically
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- anomalo
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- anomalogonatous
- anomaloscope
- anomalous
- anomalous dispersion
- anomalous finite
- anomalous water
- anomalous zeeman effect
- anomalously