单词 | orycterope |
释义 | † orycteropen. Zoology. Obsolete. A mammal of the genus Orycteropus; an aardvark. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Tubulidertata or aardvark > [noun] earth hog1731 aardvark1785 earth-pig1785 ant bear1796 orycterope1827 groundhog1840 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom III. 259 (heading) The Orycterope of the Cape..Which the Dutch of that colony name the Ground Hog. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 54/2 In the..Orycterope it [sc. the liver] consists of three lobes. 1872 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 162 136 It..has been recognized as a distinct muscle by Professor Humphrey in the Orycterope and Seal, under the name of brachio-lateralis. 1882 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 188 The camel and dromedary of the Old World are remotely indicated in the New by the llama and vicugna;..the pangolins and orycteropes by the hairy, toothless anteaters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1827 |
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