cherogrilとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin choerogryllus, from Ancient Greek χοιρογρύλλιος (khoirogrúllios), a compound of χοῖρος (khoîros, “pig”) and γρῦλος (grûlos, “pig”). The Greek word was used in the Septuagint to render Hebrew שפן (“hyrax”).

名詞

cherogril (plural cherogrils)

1. (obsolete) A hyrax.
   • c. 1395, Wycliffe's Bible, Leviticus 11:5:

     A cirogrille which chewith code, & departeth not the clee, is vnclene.

   • 1609, Douay-Rheims Bible, Leviticus 11:5:

     Cherogril which cheweth the cudde, and divideth not the hoofe, is uncleane.

   • 1951, Burton, Maurice, “Hyrax: A Natural Odd Man Out”, in The Illustrated London News‎, volume 218, number 5830, page 58:

     The best-known species [of Hyracoidea] are the Cape-hyrax [...] and the daman or cherogril of Syria