| 释义 |
‖ pika|ˈpaɪkə|
Also pica.
[ad. piika, native name in Tunguse of Siberia (Pallas a 1800).]
a. A small herbivorous quadruped belonging to the genus Ochotona, closely related to hares and rabbits, distinguished by short, rounded ears, reddish-brown or grey fur, and the lack of a tail, and found in mountainous regions of western North America and north-east and central Asia.
1827Griffith Cuvier's Anim. K. III. 223 The pika is an inhabitant of the highest mountains of the extreme North of Europe and Asia. 1849Sk. Nat. Hist., Mammalia IV. 163 The most obvious peculiarity of these pikas is their voice, from which they have acquired their trivial name. 1851J. Richardson Arctic Searching Exped. I. v. 178 The little Pika, or tail-less hare, occupies the grassy eminences, and lays up a stock of hay for winter use. 1858J. Palliser Jrnl. 16 Aug. in I. M. Spry Papers of Palliser Exped. 1857–1860 (1968) 294, I also heard the squeaking note of the little Pica or tailless hare... It is about the size of a small rat, but made exactly like any other rabbit, excepting that it has round open ears. 1925E. F. Norton Fight for Everest: 1924 173 Our ponies were off after them in a mad gallop down the nullah side, heedless of rocks and pika burrows. 1936D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies iv. 36 Pikas feed on grass and the many varieties of small Alpine plants. 1958L. Whishaw As far as You'll take Me xi. 176, I had the impression that a pika had spotted us. 1964L. S. Crandall Managem. Wild Mammals in Captivity 201 The round-eared, nearly tailless pikas (Ochotona) are found in rock areas or ‘slides’, generally at high altitudes. 1971L. H. Matthews Life of Mammals II. v. 138 The genus Ochotona, the only one in the Ochotonidæ, contains about twelve species of whistling hares or rock rabbits, generally known as pikas. 1973P. Geddes Ottawa Allegation vi. 83 A pika is a bunny... When the sun shines he..cuts all the grass he wants for winter and lays it out to dry.
b. Comb. pika-squirrel, a name suggested by Coues for the chinchilla.
1885Stand. Nat. Hist. V. 86. |