单词 | noolbenger |
释义 | noolbengern. Chiefly Australian. The honey possum, Tarsipes rostratus (family Tarsipedidae), a tiny marsupial with a long pointed snout and a prehensile tail that is restricted to south-west Australia and feeds exclusively upon nectar and pollen. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Phalangeridae (phalanger) > genus Tarsipes (honey possum) noolbengera1845 tait1894 honey mouse1923 honey possum1938 a1845 J. Gilbert in Western Austral. Naturalist (1954) 4 112 Nool-boon-goor. Aborigines of King George's Sound. This little creature inhabits the smaller trees from the blossom of which..it is constantly extracting honey and minute insects. 1879 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 208 (heading) Genus Tarsipes.—The noolbenger, or tait. 1896 F. G. Aflalo Sketch of Nat. Hist. Austral. 57 The Long-snouted Phalanger (Tarsipes rostratus) is confined to Western Australia, to the aboriginals of which district it is known as the ‘Mulbenger’. 1955 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. (ed. 2) viii. 39 Dainty and diminutive.., the honey-mouse or ‘nulbenger’..is what Gilbert White would have termed a seclusive animal. 2001 P. Menkhorst & F. Knight Field Guide to Mammals of Austral. 90 Honey Possum Tarsipes rostratus. Noolbenger... Unmistakable tiny animal with elongated muzzle. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1845 |
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