| 单词 | scimitar-shaped |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscimitar-shaped C1. Parasynthetic, as scimitar-billed, scimitar-shaped, etc.See also scimitar-horned adj. ΚΠ 1765 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 2) Gloss. 449 Acinaciforme, Faulchion or Scymitar-shaped. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xxix. 267 Knotted, scimitar-shaped horns. 1972 Y. Lovelock Veg. Bk. i. 55 The scimitar-podded kidney bean..grows wild in tropical America and is also cultivated. 1986 L. E. Likoff Encycl. Birds I. 532 The scimitar-billed wood-hoopoe (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas) shares much of its crested cousin's African range. 1996 Sunday Tel. 13 Oct. 2/5 Not in Blackpool, where hair is razored to the scalp and scimitar-bladed sideboards slice down below the cheekbone. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 252/1 It more likely represents a Scimitar toothed cat (Homotherium latidens), a Pleistocene sabretooth. 2007 L. M. Chiappe Glorified Dinosaurs i. 26/1 Modern birds have a scimitar-shaped scapula. < as lemmas |
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