| 单词 | miner's cat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasminer's cat miner's cat n. U.S. (now historical) the cacomistle or ring-tailed cat, Bassariscus astutus. ΚΠ 1937 J. Grinnell et al. Fur-bearing Mammals Calif. 172 The name ‘miner's cat’ was applied because in early days miners and prospectors kept these animals as pets to rid their cabins of mice and pack rats. 1984 D. Macdonald Encycl. Mammals II. 107 The ringtail is a graceful carnivore which was often reared as a companion and mouser in prospectors' camps in the early American West—hence the name Miner's cat. < as lemmas |
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