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单词 ouarine
释义

ouarinen.

Forms: 1700s–1800s ouarine, 1800s ouarina.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ouarine, ouarina.
Etymology: < French ouarine (C. d'Abbeville Histoire de la mission des pères capucins en l'Isle de Maragnan (1614) xli. f. 252v), †ouarina (1767 in Buffon: see note), apparently originally a misreading for *ouarive ( < guariba guariba n.; compare warine n.).Buffon ( Hist. Nat. (1767) XV. 5) also uses the forms ouarin and ouarina.
Zoology. Obsolete.
A howler monkey ( Alouatta belzebul or other member of the genus Alouatta). Cf. earlier guariba n., and warine n.
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1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds Index 381/1 Ouarine, vide Alloate [sic].
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 226 One species of these, which Mr. Buffon calls the Ouarine, and which are remarkable for the loudness and distinctness of their voice.
1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular VIII. 173 The ouarine or gouariba of Brasil... The hair of the ouarine is black.
1824 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1827) I. 222 The Ouarina (Simia Beelzebut, L.).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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