单词 | sea-elephant |
释义 | sea-elephantn. The elephant seal, Macrorhinus elephantinus or proboscideus. Formerly applied to the morse or walrus. 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 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > genus Mirounga (elephant-seal) sea-elephant1601 elephant-seal1841 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. v. 236 There were sea-Elephants and Rams, with teeth standing out. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxv. xxi. 1005 The Sea Elephant is bigger than the land Elephant, as Hector Boëtius writes in his description of Scotland. 1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway ii. 157 Their two large teeth or tusks..are as good as ivory for any kind of turn'd work; and therefore this creature [the walrus] is called by some the Sea-Elephant. 1798 in Naval Chron. (1799) 1 254 The sea elephant..has been rather scarce. 1875 J. H. Kidder Nat. Hist. Kerguelen Island 39 In former years the Kerguelen group of islands was noted as a favorite breeding-place for the sea-elephant (Macrorhinus leoninus, L.). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1601 |
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