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单词 orycterope
释义

orycteropen.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French oryctérope.
Etymology: < French oryctérope (E. Geoffroy St-Hilaire 1796, in Bull. de la Soc. Philomathique 1 102) < scientific Latin Orycteropod- , Orycteropus (1796 in the same source) < ancient Greek ὀρυκτήρ digger ( < ὀρυχ- , stem of ὀρύσσειν to dig up (see orycto- comb. form) + -τηρ , suffix forming agent nouns) + scientific Latin -o- -o- connective + ancient Greek ποδ- , πούς foot (see -pod comb. form). N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ori·ktĕroup) /ɒˈrɪktərəʊp/.
Zoology. Obsolete.
A mammal of the genus Orycteropus; an aardvark.
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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).
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