单词 | caracal |
释义 | caracaln. A feline animal ( Felis caracal Linn.) found in northern Africa and south-western Asia; it belongs to the sub-genus of the lynxes, and is generally supposed to be the ‘lynx’ of the ancients. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Lynx (lynx) > other types of loup cervier1725 syagush1727 red cat1731 caracal1760 Persian cat1771 Persian lynx1781 rooikat1785 Canada lynx1824 lucifee1825 banded lynx1829 booted lynx1839 jungle-cat1895 1760 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1809) 11 474 (note) The caracal is an animal of great strength and fierceness. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 258 The Siagush, or, as Mr. Buffon names it, the Caracal. 1834 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Felinæ (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia II) 251 The caracal has always been considered to be the lynx mentioned by the ancients as possessing such wonderful power of sight. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 218/2 The Caracals hunt in packs like the wild dogs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1760 |
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