“marsouin”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

marsouin

释义

‖ marsouin|mɑrswɛ̃|
Also 7–9 marsuin, 9 Canadian marsoon |mɑːˈsuːn|.
[Fr.: see mereswine.]
A name applied to various cetaceans of the family Delphinidæ.
In early quots., after European Fr., the porpoise. In recent examples, after Canadian Fr., = beluga 2.
1666J. Davies Hist. Caribby Isles 101 The Marsouins are the Sea-hogs or Porposes. [a1672Willughby Hist. Pisc. (1686) 31 Cimbris Marsuin vel Porcus marinus: Angl. A Porpesse.]1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Marsuin, a name by which many have called the phocæna or porpesse.1854Emerson Lett. & Soc. Aims Wks. (Bohn) III. 208 Everybody now appears to me narwhale, porpoise, or marsouins.1884Goode, etc. Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. I. 18 The names [of the White Whale] in use are..Marsuin or Marsoon in Canada.

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