white-footedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪtˈfʊtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪtˈfʊdəd/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and footed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., footed adj.

Etymology: < white adj. + footed adj. Compare earlier whitefoot adj. With use in names of animals compare scientific Latin albipes (from 1763 as a specific name), leucopus (from 1818 as a specific name).

Having white feet; (of a horse) having at least one foot marked with white (cf. whitefoot n. 1). Frequently in names of mammals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > streaked or marked with white > white- or silvery-footed

whitefooteOE

white-footedc1450

silver-footed1620

c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 602/32 Petulus,..whyt foted et dicitur de equo.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 213 [Her hair is] a feltryd borough for white footed beastes.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Chausse trop-haut A white-footed horse.

1757 C. Talbot Let. 29 July in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 414 One of the prettiest little white-footed black cats..you ever saw.

1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 29 (heading) White-footed A[ntelope].

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. x. 250 His white-footed nag.

1863 J. Gould Mammals Austral. III. 1 White-footed Hapalotis..The Rabbit Rat of the Colonists.

1917 Auk 34 40 The Bubos of this valley present a great variety, from pale white footed birds..to the darkest saturatus.

1923 M. O. Howey Horse in Magic & Myth xxxi. 221 Most people know the old rhyme about white-footed horses: One, buy me, Two, try me, Three, shy me, Four, fly me.

1970 W. D. L. Ride Guide Native Mammals Austral. ix. 142 Little is known of the White-footed Tree-rat of eastern Australia.

2001 Trav. Afr. Autumn 70/2 At night White-footed sportive lemur and Grey mouse lemur are common.

Compounds

white-footed mouse n. a deer mouse with white feet and underparts, Peromyscus leucopus, widespread in North America.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Peromyscus (deer-mouse)

white-footed mouse1827

deer-mouse1840

vesper mouse1859

old-field mouse1898

rock mouse1904

whitefoot1912

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 232 M. Leucopus (White-footed Mouse.) Brownish-yellow above, white underneath.

1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies viii. 68 The White-footed mouse is of medium size and has a silky coat.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Apr. d2/1 Species that carry hantaviruses in North America are..the white-footed mouse; the rice rat; and the cotton rat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white-footed
释义	white-footedadj. Brit. /ˌwʌɪtˈfʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪtˈfʊdəd/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and footed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., footed adj. Etymology: < white adj. + footed adj. Compare earlier whitefoot adj. With use in names of animals compare scientific Latin albipes (from 1763 as a specific name), leucopus (from 1818 as a specific name). Having white feet; (of a horse) having at least one foot marked with white (cf. whitefoot n. 1). Frequently in names of mammals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > streaked or marked with white > white- or silvery-footed whitefooteOE white-footedc1450 silver-footed1620 c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 602/32 Petulus,..whyt foted et dicitur de equo. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 213 [Her hair is] a feltryd borough for white footed beastes. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Chausse trop-haut A white-footed horse. 1757 C. Talbot Let. 29 July in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 414 One of the prettiest little white-footed black cats..you ever saw. 1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 29 (heading) White-footed A[ntelope]. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. x. 250 His white-footed nag. 1863 J. Gould Mammals Austral. III. 1 White-footed Hapalotis..The Rabbit Rat of the Colonists. 1917 Auk 34 40 The Bubos of this valley present a great variety, from pale white footed birds..to the darkest saturatus. 1923 M. O. Howey Horse in Magic & Myth xxxi. 221 Most people know the old rhyme about white-footed horses: One, buy me, Two, try me, Three, shy me, Four, fly me. 1970 W. D. L. Ride Guide Native Mammals Austral. ix. 142 Little is known of the White-footed Tree-rat of eastern Australia. 2001 Trav. Afr. Autumn 70/2 At night White-footed sportive lemur and Grey mouse lemur are common. Compounds white-footed mouse n. a deer mouse with white feet and underparts, Peromyscus leucopus, widespread in North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Peromyscus (deer-mouse) white-footed mouse1827 deer-mouse1840 vesper mouse1859 old-field mouse1898 rock mouse1904 whitefoot1912 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 232 M. Leucopus (White-footed Mouse.) Brownish-yellow above, white underneath. 1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies viii. 68 The White-footed mouse is of medium size and has a silky coat. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Apr. d2/1 Species that carry hantaviruses in North America are..the white-footed mouse; the rice rat; and the cotton rat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1450
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