sea-cown.

Etymology: cow n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-cow.

1. The manatee n.; also applied to other sirenians, as the dugong. Often applied to the now extinct sirenian, Rhytina stelleri, called Arctic, northern, or Steller's sea-cow.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia

sea-bulla1400

mermaida1544

sea-cow1613

sea-ape1755

sirenian1883

trichechodont1887

1613 R. Harcourt Relation Voy. Guiana 30 There is also a Sea-fish..the Indians name it Coiumero, and the Spaniards Manati, but we call it the Sea-cow.

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 186 This is the Manatee, or Sea-Cow, called by the French Lamentin.

1859–62 J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. (1868) I. 206 The Mexican Sea-cow (Manatus latirostris), a very large species, upwards of fifteen feet in length.

1883 W. H. Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 374/1 The Rhytina or Northern Sea-Cow was..limited to a single island in the extreme north of the Pacific Ocean.

2. The Morse or Walrus. Also attributive ? Obsolete.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Odobenidae (walrus)

morse1482

seahorse?a1500

rosmarine1590

horse-whale1598

sea-elephant1601

sea-ox1613

sea-morse1631

sea-cow1668

walrus1728

walrus calf1896

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 169 Walrus..the Mors, or Sea-Cow.

1782 Capt. Coffin in J. Adams' Wks. (1851) III. 330 The sea-cow fishery was..carried on to great advantage.

1819 Act 59 Geo. III c. 52 Tab. A. Sea Cow, Sea Horse, or Sea Morse Teeth, the cwt. 3. 4. 0.

1837 T. Bell Hist. Brit. Quadrupeds 285 Walrus. Morse, Sea-cow, Sea-horse.

†3. [translating Greek βοῦς.] A kind of ray. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > family Rajidae > member of family Rajidae (ray)

reighOE

roughlOE

rayc1350

flathec1440

rayfisha1500

Raja1633

centrine1661

flair1668

sea-cow1722

ox-ray1862

sea-devil1881

rajoid1890

1722 J. Jones tr. Oppian Halieuticks 227 βοῦς..the Sea-Cow or Broad-Ray.

a. [South African Dutch zeekoe.] The hippopotamus.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Hippopotamidae > hippopotamus, amphibiusi, or hippo

hippopotamusa1398

water horsea1398

river horse1583

seahorse1600

sea-ox1600

morse1703

sea-cow1731

hippo1850

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 129 There is seen in the large rivers about the Cape a very large animal call'd the Sea-Cow.

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting i. 15 Nine or ten crocodiles..gorged with sea-cow, and fast asleep.

b. attributive or adj., as sea-cow sjambok, sea-cow-whip, etc.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [adjective] > made from hide of hippo

sea-cow1850

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. xvi. 384 An equally persuasive sea-cow jambok.

1908 H. R. Haggard Ghost Kings viii. 102 We have sea-cow whips here.

5. A fisherman's name in the west of England for Holothuria nigra.

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1884 Proc. Zool. Soc. 563.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sea-cow
释义	sea-cown. Etymology: cow n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-cow. 1. The manatee n.; also applied to other sirenians, as the dugong. Often applied to the now extinct sirenian, Rhytina stelleri, called Arctic, northern, or Steller's sea-cow. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia sea-bulla1400 mermaida1544 sea-cow1613 sea-ape1755 sirenian1883 trichechodont1887 1613 R. Harcourt Relation Voy. Guiana 30 There is also a Sea-fish..the Indians name it Coiumero, and the Spaniards Manati, but we call it the Sea-cow. 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 186 This is the Manatee, or Sea-Cow, called by the French Lamentin. 1859–62 J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. (1868) I. 206 The Mexican Sea-cow (Manatus latirostris), a very large species, upwards of fifteen feet in length. 1883 W. H. Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 374/1 The Rhytina or Northern Sea-Cow was..limited to a single island in the extreme north of the Pacific Ocean. 2. The Morse or Walrus. Also attributive ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Odobenidae (walrus) morse1482 seahorse?a1500 rosmarine1590 horse-whale1598 sea-elephant1601 sea-ox1613 sea-morse1631 sea-cow1668 walrus1728 walrus calf1896 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 169 Walrus..the Mors, or Sea-Cow. 1782 Capt. Coffin in J. Adams' Wks. (1851) III. 330 The sea-cow fishery was..carried on to great advantage. 1819 Act 59 Geo. III c. 52 Tab. A. Sea Cow, Sea Horse, or Sea Morse Teeth, the cwt. 3. 4. 0. 1837 T. Bell Hist. Brit. Quadrupeds 285 Walrus. Morse, Sea-cow, Sea-horse. †3. [translating Greek βοῦς.] A kind of ray. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > family Rajidae > member of family Rajidae (ray) reighOE roughlOE rayc1350 flathec1440 rayfisha1500 Raja1633 centrine1661 flair1668 sea-cow1722 ox-ray1862 sea-devil1881 rajoid1890 1722 J. Jones tr. Oppian Halieuticks 227 βοῦς..the Sea-Cow or Broad-Ray. 4. a. [South African Dutch zeekoe.] The hippopotamus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Hippopotamidae > hippopotamus, amphibiusi, or hippo hippopotamusa1398 water horsea1398 river horse1583 seahorse1600 sea-ox1600 morse1703 sea-cow1731 hippo1850 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 129 There is seen in the large rivers about the Cape a very large animal call'd the Sea-Cow. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting i. 15 Nine or ten crocodiles..gorged with sea-cow, and fast asleep. b. attributive or adj., as sea-cow sjambok, sea-cow-whip, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [adjective] > made from hide of hippo sea-cow1850 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. xvi. 384 An equally persuasive sea-cow jambok. 1908 H. R. Haggard Ghost Kings viii. 102 We have sea-cow whips here. 5. A fisherman's name in the west of England for Holothuria nigra. ΚΠ 1884 Proc. Zool. Soc. 563. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1613
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