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It may perhaps seem to require some apology that we have ventured so far to depart from the ordinary system of arrangement as to remove the Monkeys from the station which they have hitherto usually been permitted to occupy at the head of the class, and to transfer them to their present position. We will not attempt to conceal1 that in so doing we were chiefly actuated by the desire of placing at the commencement of our series the largest and most attractive of the animals of which it was composed; and those which, in a Menagerie like that which we have undertaken to illustrate2, always constitute the most imposing3 feature. But while we[138] acknowledge the influence of this feeling to the fullest extent, we cannot refrain from expressing at the same time our firm conviction that the carnivorous quadrupeds possess in reality a better title to the place which we have assigned them, than the Monkeys which we have displaced to make room for them. The supposed transition from man, on which the received arrangement is founded, has little to do with the question; and it would surely require no great subtilty of argument to prove that the Carnivora are more highly typical of the great class, of which they form so important a part, than any other tribe whatever. But this is not the proper place for entering into so abstract a question; to which we have only referred en passant, for the sake of justifying4 ourselves upon broader principles for a deviation5 from established custom, which we should not have hesitated to adopt, in the present instance, on the narrow ground of expedience6 alone. Before, however, we take leave of it altogether, we cannot avoid asking, why, if the Monkeys are to take precedence of the Carnivora among Mammalia, the analogous7 tribe of Birds, the Pies and the Parrots, should not also rank above the ornithological
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conceal
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| v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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imposing
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justifying
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deviation
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expedience
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analogous
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ornithological
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| adj.鸟类学的 | |
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prey
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appellation
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essentially
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anterior
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distinguished
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peculiarities
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| n. 特质, 特性, 怪癖, 古怪 | |
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peculiar
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| adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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jaw
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| n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训 | |
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surmounted
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canines
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| n.犬齿( canine的名词复数 );犬牙;犬科动物 | |
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considerably
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trifling
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projection
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tusk
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drawn
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applied
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flexibility
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joints
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| 接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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remarkable
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discrepancy
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entirely
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tapering
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cylindrical
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divested
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propensity
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posture
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margins
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abode
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destined
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congregate
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velocity
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momentary
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recurs
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| 再发生,复发( recur的第三人称单数 ) | |
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| adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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tranquillity
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demonstrations
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| 证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威 | |
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subservient
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| adj.卑屈的,阿谀的 | |
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docility
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| n.容易教,易驾驶,驯服 | |
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savage
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| adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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baboon
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| n.狒狒 | |
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brutality
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| n.野蛮的行为,残忍,野蛮 | |
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faculty
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| n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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extinction
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attained
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| (通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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tractable
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tangible
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partially
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nostrils
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| 鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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lateral
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obtuse
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| adj.钝的;愚钝的 | |
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flattened
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| [医](水)平扁的,弄平的 | |
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anomalous
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destitute
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subdivided
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| 再分,细分( subdivide的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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zoologists
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| 动物学家( zoologist的名词复数 ) | |
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ascertaining
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elevation
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baboons
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upwards
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scattered
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muzzle
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ridges
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oblique
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hesitation
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bonnet
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disposition
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immature
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bonneted
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