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单词 oarlop
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oar-lop
A variety of rabbit with long drooping ears. Also with word prefixed, as full-lop, half-lop, oar-lop (see quot. 1868), horn-lop.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > breed or variety of (miscellaneous) > lop-ear
lop1868
lop-ear1877
lop-rabbit1884
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > breed or variety of (miscellaneous) > lop-ear > types of
oar-lop1854
half-lop1868
1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. iv. 107 When one parent, or even both, are oar-laps [sic], that is, have their ears sticking out at right angles, or when one parent or both are half-lops, that is, have only one ear dependent, there is nearly as good a chance of the progeny having both ears full-lop, as if both parents had been thus characterized. But I am informed, if both parents have upright ears, there is hardly a chance of a full-lop.
1877 C. Rayson Rabbits xiii. 70 In rearing lops, little divergence need be made from the usual mode adopted.
1884 R. O. Edwards Rabbits vii. 54 It is very difficult to arrive at whether or not the drooping of the ears of the Lop is natural.
1884 R. O. Edwards Rabbits vii. 55 Oar Lops, Half Lops, and Horn Lops, are not..to be considered anything fancy.
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oar-lop
oar-lop n. [the form oar-lap in quot. 1868 is probably a typographical error] now historical a lop-eared rabbit having ears that stand out at right angles to its head.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > breed or variety of (miscellaneous) > lop-ear > types of
oar-lop1854
half-lop1868
1854 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Pigeons & Rabbits 136 The Oar-lop is the next stage of deflection, when the ears extend horizontally outwards on each side, forming a line that is more or less straight, giving the idea of a pair of oars which a waterman is resting out of the water.
1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. iv. 107 When one parent, or even both, are oar-laps [sic], that is, have their ears sticking out at right angles..there is nearly as good a chance of the progeny having both ears full-lop.
1933 F. L. Washburn Rabbit Bk. (ed. 2) ii. 55 The term ‘oar-lop’ was used to express the condition where the ears are horizontal.
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