单词 | kouprey |
释义 | kouprey[ koo-prey ] / ˈku preɪ / noun, plural kou·preys, (especially collectively) kou·prey.a wild ox, Bos sauveli, weighing as much as 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms), with long legs, a humped back, and distinctive horns that arch forward on the male and spiral upward on the female: once known to inhabit the forests of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, the kouprey may have survived only in Cambodia and is now classified as possibly extinct. Also called gray ox. Origin of koupreyFirst recorded in 1935–40; from French, from spoken Khmer ko:prey (written gō brai ), from Pali gō “cow” + Khmer brai “forest” Words nearby koupreyKotzebue, Kotzebue Sound, Koufax, koulibiaca, koumis, kouprey, koura, kouros, Kourou, Koussevitzky, Kováč Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for koupreykouprey / (ˈkuːpreɪ) / nouna large wild member of the cattle tribe, Box sauveli, of SE Asia, having a blackish-brown body and white legs: an endangered species Word Origin for koupreyC20: from French, from a Cambodian native name, from Pali gō cow + Khmer brai forest Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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