seacalfとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 see calf, ultimately a calque of Latin vitulus marīnus (literally “sea calf”). Compare French veau marin and German Seekalb. See also Latin porcus marīnus (“porpoise”, literally “sea pork”), rāna marīna (“anglerfish”, literally “sea frog”), bōs marīna (“sea cow, dugong”), caballus marīnus (“seahorse”), canis marīnus (“seal”, synonym of vitulus marīnus, literally “sea dog”) and translingual Phoca vitulina (“calf-like seal, sea calf”). Equivalent to sea + calf.

名詞

sea calf (plural sea calves or (proscribed) sea calfs)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of common seal (Phoca vitulina).
2. (dated) the young of the manatee and dugong.

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