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单词 phacochoere
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phacochoeren.

Forms: 1800s phacochere, 1800s phacochoere.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French phaco-chœre.
Etymology: < French †phaco-chœre (Cuvier Règne animal (1817) I. 236; now phacochère ) < scientific Latin Phacochoerus (attributed to his brother Frédéric Cuvier by Cuvier in the same source, though not validly published as a genus name until 1826 (Cuvier, in Dict. sci. nat. 39 383)) < ancient Greek ϕακός lentil, wart (see phaco- comb. form) + χοῖρος pig (see cherogril n.).With phacochoeroid n. and adj. at Derivatives compare slightly earlier phacochoerid n., phacochoerine adj. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (fæ·kŏəɹ) /ˈfækəkɪə(r)/.
Zoology. Obsolete.
The warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Suidae (swine) > genus Phacochoerus (wart-hog)
phacochoere1827
wart-hog1840
veld pig1863
1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom III. 333 Phaco-Chœres..have the cheek-teeth composed of cylinders joined together.
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 246/2 In the locomotive organs the true hogs and the Phacochœres bear the greatest resemblance to each other.
1849 M. Somerville Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) II. xxxii. 329 The Phacochœre, or Ethiopian hog, and a species of Hyrax, are among the Pachydermata of this country.
1850 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 140 487 Baron Cuvier describes the molar teeth of the Phacochere as being three on each side of both jaws.

Derivatives

phacochoeroid n. and adj. Obsolete rare (a) n. a warthog; (b) adj. related to or resembling the warthog.
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1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Phaco- Phacochœre or -chere, n., a Phacochœroid.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Phaco- Phacochœroid, a. & n.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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