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单词 haplocerus
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Haplocerusn.

Brit. /həˈplɒs(ə)rəs/, U.S. /həˈplɑs(ə)rəs/
Forms: 1800s Aplocerus, 1800s– Haplocerus.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Aplocerus.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Aplocerus (see quot. 1827), later emended to Haplocerus (1842 or earlier) < aplo- variant form of haplo- haplo- comb. form + ancient Greek κέρας horn (see kerato- comb. form).
Zoology. Now disused.
A former genus of North American ruminants including the Rocky Mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus; (also) an animal of this genus.
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1827 C. Hamilton Smith in Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 354 [Genus Antilope.] Sub-genus XV.—Aplocerus.
1835 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. Quadrupeds ii. vi. 266 The ovine or sheep antelopes (Aplocerus) have all the outward appearance of sheep.
1875 E. D. Cope N. Amer. Batrachia & Reptilia (Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. No. 1) 71 The region, as a whole, is distinguished from the Eastern by the possession of several genera of ruminating Artiodactyles, i.e., Antilocapra, Haplocerus, and Ovis.
1918 Geogr. Jrnl. 52 49 Mining camps..desecrated the forest solitudes hitherto the home of the grizzly and the quaint Haplocerus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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