“moonack”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

moonack

释义

moonack|ˈmuːnæk|
Also 7–8 monack, 8 monax, 9 moonax.
[a. Lenape monachgeu (f. monham to dig); the mod.L. form is monax.]
The ground-hog or woodchuck, Arctomys monax.
Among Blacks, the name is applied to a mythical animal supposed to have a baneful influence.
1676T. Glover Virginia in Phil. Trans. XI. 630 There are also several sorts of ravenous Beasts, as Wolves, Racoons,..Monacks, Flying Squirrels.1740P. Collinson Mem. Bartram (1849) 140 A harmless land-animal, about the size of the large gray Fox-Squirrel, called a Monack.1747G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds ii. 104 The Monax, or Marmotte, of America.1814Lewis & Clark Trav. Missouri River (1893) III. 966 We observed in our route no animals except..a moonax.1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 152 The poor negro who meets it..is doomed... Experienced negroes say when they look at him: ‘He gwine to die; he seed the moonack’.

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