English Explanatory Dictionary

sumxu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A possibly mythical, long-haired, lop-eared type of cat or cat-like creature, now considered extinct, if it ever actually existed.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of sumxu.

Word forms

sumxu

Etymology

From a Portuguese rendering of Chinese 松鼠 (sōngshǔ, “squirrel”, literally “pine rat”). The name sumxu originally described the yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula), but a series of mistranslations caused the name to be applied to the alleged cat or cat-like animal.

Synonyms

Chinese lop-eared cat drop-eared cat droop-eared cat hanging-ear cat
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