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单词 xoloitzcuintli
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xoloitzcuintlin.

Brit. /ˌʃəʊləʊɪtsˈkwɪntli/, U.S. /ˌʃoʊloʊˌɪtsˈkwɪntli/
Forms: 1700s– xoloitzcuintli, 2000s– xoloitzcuintle.
Origin: A borrowing from Nahuatl. Etymon: Nahuatl xōlōitzcuīntli.
Etymology: < Nahuatl xōlōitzcuīntli (recorded in a Latin context in F. Hernández Rerum Medicarum Thes. (1651) 479), apparently < xōlō-, xōlōtl, of uncertain sense and etymology, perhaps ‘page, male servant’ + itzcuīntli particular kind of dog. Compare Spanish xoloitzcuintli (1780; now also xoloitzcuintle).
The Mexican hairless dog. Cf. xolo n.There was much early confusion as to which animal was referred to by Hernández in 1651 (see etymology); as the name of a breed of dog, rare before the mid 20th cent.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > miscellaneous types of
bear dog1581
xoloitzcuintli1780
St. Bernard1839
Maori dog1840
Leonberg1907
Rottweiler1909
Dobermann pinscher1917
corgi1926
Bernese mountain dog1935
kuvasz1935
Bernese1936
Entlebucher1937
Munsterlander1945
spinone1945
Swedish Vallhund.1947
labradoodle1955
xolo1956
cockapoo1960
maltipoo1968
peekapoo1968
Rottie1968
dorgi1975
Shar-Pei1976
bandog1984
goldendoodle2001
1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular VIII. 264 The proof is still farther corroborated by the circumstance of this animal's having no American name: Fernandes gives it the borrowed one of Xoloitzcuintli, which is the name of the Mexican wolf.
1850 E. C. Otté & H. G. Bohn tr. A. von Humboldt Views of Nature 87 Among the animals indigenous to Mexico, there was a very large, totally hairless, and dog-like wolf, named Xoloitzcuintli.
1929 Jrnl. Mammalogy 10 165 The name Canis mexicanus Linnaeus, based on the ‘Xoloitzcuintli’ of Hernandez.., has been shown by Glover M. Allen..to apply to the domesticated Mexican ‘hairless’ dog.
1961 Man 61 77/1 There [is]..a description and illustrations of the hairless xoloitxcuintli breed, recently established and now registered with the Mexican and American kennel clubs.
1991 Dog Fancy Jan. 94/3 (advt.) Xoloitzcuintli Hairless Puppies! Very rare, ancient, lovable!..Xolo owners rave about these almost human, faithful companions!
2012 Wall St. Jrnl. 28–29 Jan. c4/1 The Xoloitzcuintli is the national dog of Mexico... You can call them ‘Xolos’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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