| 单词 | muntjac deer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMuntjac deer More fully Muntjac deer. Any of several small deer of the East Asian genus Muntiacus, the male of which has tusks formed by elongation of the upper canine teeth, short antlers, and a cry like a dog's bark; esp. the Chinese muntjac, M. reevesi, which is naturalized in Britain. Also called barking deer. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Muntiacus (muntjak) muntjac1771 rib-faced deer1781 kidang1783 Chinese muntjac1852 kakar1876 barking deer1880 1771 J. Banks Jrnl. 13 Jan. (1962) II. 236 They have..small deer..and another kind of Deer calld by them Munchack about the size of a sheep. 1798 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. v. 835 Muntjack Cervus Muntjac. 1838 Proc. Zool. Soc. vi. 105 A new species of Muntjac Deer, which lately died at the Gardens. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 742/2 The barking deer or muntjac. 1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Introd. Study Mammals 316 The native name Muntjac has been generally adopted in Europe for a small group of Deer indigenous to the southern and eastern parts of Asia. 1939 Geogr. Jrnl. 94 429 The Chinese tufted muntjac, or Mickie's tufted deer. 1963 Times 13 Mar. 14/7 A muntjac buck ventured into a well-populated corner of Hertfordshire. 1973 Country Life 29 Nov. 1763/3 Besides red deer and roe, muntjac have also recently been reported among the Thetford trees. 1990 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87 8618 The large chromosomes of the Indian muntjak. < as lemmas |
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