单词 | xoloitzcuintli |
释义 | xoloitzcuintlin. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1780 |
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