一切經音義 31.167

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牡鹿（矛厚反毛詩傳曰飛曰雄雌走曰牝牡顧野王云飛鳥亦有牝牡之稱也說文牡畜父也從牛土聲）。

Male deer (牡鹿: the first character has the sound m- [矛] + -ǒu [厚] fanqie. The Mao Commentary on the Classic of Poetry says: 'Flying creatures are called xióng and cí (male and female); running creatures are called pìn and mǔ (female and male).' Gu Yewang says: 'Flying birds are also referred to as pìn and mǔ.' The Shuowen says: '牡 is a father beast; formed from the ox radical (牛) with tǔ (土) as phonetic').