| 单词 | indian ox |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian ox Indian ox n. †(a) (perhaps) a kind of wild Asian ox (obsolete rare); (b) the Brahmin or zebu, Bos indicus. ΚΠ 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 725 The Indian Oxen are said to bee as high as a Cammell, and their horne foure foote broad. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 29 (margin) in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The Indian Oxen as metalsome as the Horses in Germany. 1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds (plate facing p. 6) Greater and Lesser Indian Ox. 1870 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 14 362 The cattle of the island belong to the same species as the zebu or Indian ox. 2002 R. A. Lewis CRC Dict. Agric. Sci. 206/1 B. indicus (Asiatic domestic cattle; brahman; zebu; Indian ox). a species of domestic cattle..of Asia and Africa. < as lemmas |
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