| 单词 | european water vole |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEuropean (also northern) water vole Any of several semiaquatic rodents of the family Cricetidae, which typically burrow into the banks of rivers and streams; esp. (more fully European (also northern) water vole) the large Arvicola amphibius (or A. terrestris) of northern and central Europe (also called water rat), and Microtus richardsoni of northern North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Arvicola > arvicola amphibius (water-vole) water mousea1398 water rat1481 craber1655 water dog1765 water mole1770 vole1805 water vole1828 1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals 23 A[rvicola] aquatica. Water Vole. 1837 T. Bell Hist. Brit. Quadrupeds 322 The Water Vole, or, as it is more frequently called, the Water Rat, is found in most parts of Europe. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. vii. 80 There never was any sound at all, except of a rocky echo..or the sudden dive of a water-vole. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1377 The water-vole is a heavily built animal, marked by a broad head,..and a tail with a good deal of hair. 1973 Ecol. Monogr. 43 293 Notoedres muris has been recorded previously on voles only once, and this was on the European water vole, Arvicola terrestris. 1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife ii. iv. 127 Water vole. South to northeast Utah and southwest Wyoming. Rare. 1980 G. Corbet & D. Ovenden Mammals Brit. & Europe 54 Northern water vole. Arvicola terrestris. Large size, long tail. 2013 Daily Tel. 26 June 2/4 Water voles will be released into the wild next week in the biggest reintroduction to take place in Britain. < as lemmas |
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