单词 | hunting dog |
释义 | hunting dogn. 1. A dog used for hunting game. the Hunting Dogs: (the English name of) the northern constellation Canes Venatici, situated near the Great Bear; chiefly as a concious translation. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog kennet?a1400 greffier1575 velter1598 lucern1607 huntera1616 ranger1616 gun-dog1746 sporter1825 hunting dog1833 the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Canes Venutici the Hunting Dogs1868 1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 587/2 What thinks Bootes of them, as he leads his Hunting Dogs over the Zenith? 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 25 The people of the bronze age possessed a larger hunting-dog. 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 326 We must notice the Hunting Dogs, above Berenice's Hair. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Aug. 5/1 Our old friend the hunting dog. 1890 C. A. Young Uranogr. §41 Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs). These are the dogs with which Bootes is pursuing the Great Bear. 1964 Yearbk. Astron. 1965 39 The name of Cor Caroli has been given to the brightish star Alpha Canum Venaticorum in the little group of the Hunting Dogs and Canes Venatici itself is regarded as a separate constellation. 2003 Daily Tel. 30 Apr. 24/4 Just to the east of the Great Bear lies the constellation of Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs. 2. A name for two animals of the dog tribe which hunt their prey in packs. a. The Hyena-dog or Painted Hyena (Lycaon) of South Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Lycaon (hunting dog) lycaon1827 hyena-dog1837 hunting dog1838 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 371/1 The animal..he describes under the name of Lycaon, the Hunting Dog. 1883 W. H. Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 439/1 Lycaon pictus, the Cape Hunting Dog..is very distinct externally from all the other Canidæ. b. The Dhole or wild dog of India. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Cuon (dhole) dhole1824 serigala1849 red dog1862 hunting dog1866 1866 J. G. Wood Pop. Nat. Hist. i. 89 The latter animal [Dhole]..is sometimes termed the Hunting Dog in compliment to its powers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < |
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