单词 | thooid |
释义 | thooidadj.n. Zoology. A. adj. Resembling in form, or related to, the sub-genus Thous; in an extended use applied to a division of the genus Canis including the wolf, dog, and jackal; as distinct from the alopecoid, typified by the fox. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [adjective] > of type of canine thoan1839 thooid1880 Aussie1978 1880 Huxley in Proc. Zool. Soc. 6 Apr. 286 I am disposed..to regard Otocyon and the Thooid and Alopecoid series respectively as genera, retaining for the two latter the old names of Canis and Vulpes. 1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Introd. Study Mammals xi. 548 Thooid or Lupine Series [of Canines]. B. n. A beast of this division. ΚΠ 1880 Huxley in Proc. Zool. Soc. 6 Apr. 278 Thooids and Alopecoids, similar to those which exist at present, inhabited Europe during the Quaternary epoch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1880 |
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