| 单词 | turbary sheep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasturbary sheep C2. [translating German torf-.] Applied to kinds of domesticated sheep and pig of prehistoric times that were first found in turbaries in Swiss lake-dwellings. Freq. in turbary sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > prehistoric varieties of marsh-hog1863 turbary1908 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of mug1596 down1721 Shropshire1768 Norfolk sheep1778 Ryeland1786 Southdown1786 Persian1794 Leicester1798 Southdowner1799 Ryeland1802 loaghtan1812 Manx loaghtan1812 herdwick1837 Wallachian1837 Norfolk1851 Teeswater1861 bluefaced Leicester1864 Rough Fell1871 Border Leicester1873 Mexican1878 Cheviot1883 fat-tail1888 pampas1892 pampas sheep1895 turbary1908 karakul1913 East Friesian1949 Texel1949 Norfolk Horn1961 Colbred1962 1908 R. Pumpelly Explorations Turkestan I. i. v. 67 The turbary sheep (Torfschaf) and..the turbary pig (Torfschwein)..appear towards the end of the neolithic period. 1912 R. Lydekker Sheep & its Cousins vii. 150 An apparently pure-blooded breed of small sheep inhabiting Crete..is identified by Dr. Keller with the turbary sheep. 1920 J. Ritchie Infl. Man on Animal Life Scotl. 40 Even in Neolithic times the Turbary or Peat Sheep..was widely distributed in Scotland. 1936 Antiquity 10 203 We find a small sheep with erect horns,..the so-called ‘goat-horned’ or turbary sheep. 1963 F. E. Zeuner Hist. Domest. Animals x. 257 In the earlier group of Neolithic lake-dwellings the small turbary pig (Sus palustris Rütimeyer) occurs beside the ordinary European wild pig. There is no doubt that this turbary pig was introduced into Switzerland by Neolithic man from the East. 1963 F. E. Zeuner Hist. Domest. Animals x. 258 According to Kuhn, the turbary pig has survived to the present day in some of the Alpine valleys. 1972 Science 12 May 656/2 With regard to sheep and pig, he believes that the well-known turbary type..is a natural product of malnutrition and poor care. < as lemmas |
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