单词 | wolf-dog |
释义 | wolf-dogn. 1. Any of several large varieties of dog formerly kept for hunting wolves, esp. the Irish greyhound or wolf-hound. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > wolf-hound alauntc1405 Irish greyhound1590 wolf-dog1652 Irish wolfdog1669 wolf-hound1823 Irish wolfhound1835 greyhound1838 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > that hunts specific animals bear dog1616 wolf-dog1652 coney dog1681 foumart-dog?1748 bird dog1755 boar-dog1792 bear hound1807 wolf-hound1823 toller1831 coon-dog1833 pig-dog1845 rat terrier1851 ratter1858 rabbiter1859 squirrel-dog1860 badgerer1876 boar-hound1884 turkey-dog1895 coon hound1920 1652 Order Irish Privy Council 27 Apr. Such great dogges as are commonly called Wolfe dogges,..which are useful for destroying of wolves. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1670 (1955) III. 549 The Bulls did exceedingly well but the Irish Wolfe dog exceeded, which was a tall Gray-hound. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 180 Wolf-dogs (once so useful and celebrated) were perhaps peculiar to Ireland, but that species is now nearly extinct. 1840 C. H. Smith Nat. Hist. Dogs (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia X) II. 139 The Great Wolf-dog is not common in central Europe; and appears at present almost confined to Spain. 1845 W. Youatt Dog 66 The Italian or Pomeranian wolf-dog. 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket iii. ii. 131 When that horn sounds, a score of wolf-dogs are let loose. 2. A cross of a domestic dog and a wolf. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > canis lupus (wolf) > hybrid dog and wolf wolf-dog1736 dog-wolf1840 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Lycisca A dog ingendered of a wolf and a bitch, or a shepherd's dog, a wolf dog. 1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. 1896 M. McNaughton Overland to Cariboo 47 A large number of wolf-dogs were prowling about. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 377/1 The black wolfdog of Florida resembles the black wolf of the same region. 1924 R. Arundel Police Dogs 6 The German Sheep Dog (known in this country as the Alsatian Wolf Dog). 1953 B. J. Banfill Labrador Nurse 19 The mossy grass knolls were dotted with tethered wolf dogs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1652 |
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