| 单词 |
wapiti |
| 释义 |
wapiti|ˈwɒpɪtɪ|
Also ? erron. wipiti.
[a. Cree wapitik (Shawnee wahpetee) lit. ‘white deer’.]
The North American stag or elk, Cervus canadensis, allied to but larger than the European Red Deer. Also attrib., wapiti deer, wapiti stag.
1817Thomson's Ann. Philos. IX. 325 At the same meeting [of the Linnæan Society] was read a description, by Dr. Leach, of the Wapiti deer, a species of animal from the banks of the Missouri. 1829Sir J. Richardson Fauna Bor. Amer. I. 251 Cervus strongyloceros. (Schreber.) The Wapiti. Ibid. 252 The trivial name of ‘wapiti’ has been only recently adopted in scientific works. 1890S. W. Baker Wild Beasts II. 200 If a wapiti stag were placed in a line with a fine German, and a Scotch red-deer, there would be an immense difference in size. 1901P. Fountain Deserts N. Amer. ix. 179 The wapiti deer (which the American trappers and people always call the elk). 1904― Gt. North-West v. 49 The wipiti is ‘the elk’ of Americans. Ibid. xi. 119 The wipiti.
Comb.188019th Cent. Oct. 593 (title), Wapiti-running on the plains.
b. The flesh of this animal.
1884Pall Mall Gaz. 3 May 3/2 Second course: Californian salmon, roast wapiti. |
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