| 单词 | indian mouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian mouse ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > [noun] > family Herpestidae > genus Herpestes (mongoose) ichneumon1572 rat of Inde1601 Pharaoh's rat1605 Indian mouse1607 Pharaoh's mouse1607 Indian rat1613 mongoose1673 mungo1752 vansire1774 yellow mongoose1917 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 448 Marcellus and Solinus, doe make question of this beast (Ichneumon) to be a kind of Otter... There be some that call it an Indian Mouse. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Indian Mouse, a little Creature that creeps into the Mouths of Crocodiles, and eating up their Entrails kills them. 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. I. xvi. 301 The Tree-striped Indian Mouse, living in cocoa-nut trees... This is by him [sc. Ray] called a Mangust, being the name given it by the natives... The body is in shape like that of a Weasel. < as lemmas |
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