mereswineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• IPA: /ˈmɪə(ɹ)ˌswaɪn/

名詞

mereswine (plural mereswines or mereswine)

1. (rare, poetic, archaic) A porpoise or dolphin.

   Synonyms: sea hog, sea pig, seaswine

   Hypernyms: whale (loose sense), cetacean < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

   Hyponyms: porpoise, phocoenid, dolphin

   Coordinate term: whale (precise sense)