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单词 pugmark
释义

pugmark

noun

pug·​mark ˈpəg-ˌmärk How to pronounce pugmark (audio)
: footprint
specifically : the footprint of a wild mammal (such as tiger or leopard)
… all he'd found were a pair of legs and a few red traces in the snow, surrounded by the pugmarks of a tigress. Peter Matthiessen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Russia’s researchers have counted Siberian tigers’ pugmarks—the same technique that led to India’s pre-2008 overestimates. National Geographic, 20 Apr. 2016 The previous method used spoor (paw prints, also called pugmarks, and scat), which often led to the same animal being counted multiple times. National Geographic, 20 Apr. 2016

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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