释义 |
tupaiid|tʊˈpaɪɪd| [a. mod.L. family name Tupaiidæ, f. Tupaia + -id3.] A tree-shrew of the family Tupaiidæ.
1885T. Gill in J. S. Kingsley Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 141 The proper diet of the Tupaiids is small insects. 1972T. A. Vaughan Mammalogy vi. 70/1 Paleontological evidence indicates that tupaiids were derived from the Insectivora and not from the Primates. |