| 单词 | rump of the tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrump of the tail c. The part of an animal's tail which is next to the body; the base or stump of the tail. Chiefly in rump of the tail. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [noun] > tail > part next to body rump1608 tail-head1704 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 115 The length of it from the tip of the Nose to the rumpe of the taile, is 7. or 8. fingers. 1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 34 Q hath its Body made like O. The Rump of the Tail is made by drawing a straight line from Parallel 12½. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 40 Two [fins]..with a small Rump of a Tail between them. 1771 T. James Hist. Herculean Straits I. i. vi. 93 The form of Spain is supposed to be like unto an ox's hide stretched out..; and the rump of the tail, the part I am treating of, upon the side of the Fretum Herculeum. 1829 W. Harley Harleian Dairy Syst. v. 111 A currycomb with a long handle was then applied to the rump of the tail, forehead, neck, &c. 1920 Dogdom Apr. 73/1 One of them breaks out with small pimples at the rump of the tail occasionally. < as lemmas |
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