| 单词 | puffy dunter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspuffy dunter 2. Also puffy dunter. Any of various cetaceans, esp. the common porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, and Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus. Now rare. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Dunter, a porpoise, Porcus marinus, Teviotdale; apparently a cant term. a1845 R. H. Barham Memoir in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 106 An old woman..cried out, ‘Aiblins, Sir, it was a dunter.’ (The vulgar name of a species of whale common to the Scotch coast.) 1883 Newcastle Courant 16 Nov. 2/1 Porpoises..and ‘dunters’ may be seen gambolling along the coast of Durham. 1905 Paint, Oil & Drug Rev. 15 Feb. 25/2 Among the smaller Cretaceans [sic], the porpoises, the puffy dunters, and grampuses, an excellent grade of oil is secured for commercial purposes. 1960 G. Maxwell Ring of Bright Water v. 62 The ring-net men call Risso's dolphin ‘lowpers’ or ‘dunters’, words deriving from the habit of seemingly aimless and random leaping. < as lemmas |
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