mereswine

发音

/ˈmɪə(ɹ)ˌswaɪn/

词形变化

mereswines 复数 mereswines

别名

mereswyne merswine

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A porpoise or dolphin.

    古体 诗歌 罕用

词源

Inherited from Middle English mereswyn (“porpoise, dolphin”), from Old English mereswīn (“porpoise, dolphin”), from Proto-West Germanic *mariswīn, from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną (“dolphin, porpoise, cetacean”). By surface analysis, mere + swine or mer- + swine.

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