| 释义 |
‖ Degu Zool.|ˈdɛguː|
[Native name in South America.]
A South American genus Octodon of hystricomorphous or porcupine-like rodents; esp. the species O. Cumingii, abundant in Chile.
1843List Mammalia Brit. Mus. 122 The cucurrito or the Degus, Octodon Degus. 1883Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 129 The Degu is a rat-like animal, rather smaller than the Water Vole, the head and body measuring from seven and a half to eight inches in length. |