thosn.

/θəʊs/

Forms: Plural thoes /ˈθəʊiːz/.

Etymology: < Latin thōs, plural thōes, < Greek θώς, plural θῶες, a beast of prey of the dog kind.

The Greek and Latin name of a beast of the canine group; probably a jackal of some species; but variously identified or imagined by 17th cent. translators. See also thous n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > jackal

thos1601

jackal1603

jacco1648

the lion's provider1774

thous1839

jack1871

saddleback1947

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. lxiii. 303 Wolves, Panthers, and Thoes, kindle their young before they can see.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. lxxiv. 308 The Thoes and the Lions doe foulely jarre and disagree.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 750 The lesser kind of Thoes are the best, for some make two kinde of Thoes, and some three... Wee will therefore take it for confessed, that the Thoes is a Beast engendered betwixt a Wolfe and a Foxe, whereof some are greater and some smaller.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Thos,..a Lynx, a Creature resembling a Wolf, but spotted like a Leopard.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Thos,..a name given to an animal of the wolf kind, but larger than the common wolf.

1839 C. H. Smith Nat. Hist. Dogs (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia IX) I. v. 207 It may be, that one of the smaller Thoes of Aristotle is the true Jackal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	thos
释义	thosn. /θəʊs/ Forms: Plural thoes /ˈθəʊiːz/. Etymology: < Latin thōs, plural thōes, < Greek θώς, plural θῶες, a beast of prey of the dog kind. The Greek and Latin name of a beast of the canine group; probably a jackal of some species; but variously identified or imagined by 17th cent. translators. See also thous n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > jackal thos1601 jackal1603 jacco1648 the lion's provider1774 thous1839 jack1871 saddleback1947 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. lxiii. 303 Wolves, Panthers, and Thoes, kindle their young before they can see. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. lxxiv. 308 The Thoes and the Lions doe foulely jarre and disagree. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 750 The lesser kind of Thoes are the best, for some make two kinde of Thoes, and some three... Wee will therefore take it for confessed, that the Thoes is a Beast engendered betwixt a Wolfe and a Foxe, whereof some are greater and some smaller. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Thos,..a Lynx, a Creature resembling a Wolf, but spotted like a Leopard. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Thos,..a name given to an animal of the wolf kind, but larger than the common wolf. 1839 C. H. Smith Nat. Hist. Dogs (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia IX) I. v. 207 It may be, that one of the smaller Thoes of Aristotle is the true Jackal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1601
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