| 单词 | mountain cow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain cow mountain cow n. a tropical American tapir, esp. the mountain or woolly tapir, Tapirus pinchaque. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [noun] > with hoof in more than two parts > family Tapiridae (tapir) ante1596 dante1601 mountain cow1699 tapir1774 bush cow1847 tapiridian1880 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. iv. 102 Horses, and other Animals; amongst which the Mountain Cow..is most remarkable. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 45 The tapir, or mountain cow. 1981 P. Theroux Mosquito Coast (1982) ii. xiv. 257 But when we saw a hairy pig-like animal snuffling in the bushes, Alice said, ‘Oh, that's a mountain-cow.’ 1992 E. Hoagland in Balancing Acts 178 The tapir is the ‘mountain cow’. < as lemmas |
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