| 单词 | marsupial rat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarsupial rat marsupial rat n. (a) an opossum of the South American genus Monodelphis (family Didelphidae), having a short tail and an undeveloped marsupial pouch; (b) a marsupial mouse; spec. Dasyuroides byrnei, which has a bushy tail and is found in Australian deserts and grassland. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Didelphidae (opossum) ape-fox1594 fox-ape1594 opossum1610 possum1613 cerigo1708 pedimane1835 marsupial rat1863 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. ii. 110 A beautiful opossum:..this made the third species of marsupial rat I had so far obtained. 1906 J. W. Gregory Dead Heart Austral. 150 On its shores lived..wallabies, bandicoots, and marsupial rats. 1965 E. Troughton Furred Animals Austral. (ed. 8) 34 Crest-tailed Marsupial-Rat, Genus Dasyuroides... This genus was created for the reception of the single species so far known. It was one of the most interesting animals discovered by the Horn Expedition to Central Australia. 1973 V. Serventy Desert Walkabout 36 Ken had to make do with tinned food, three marsupial rats, two crested pigeons and damper. 1990 tr. B. Grzimek Encycl. Mammals I. 242/2 All species [of Monodelphis] belong to the ‘opossums (or marsupial rats) without marsupium’. < as lemmas |
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