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单词 phascogale
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Phascogalen.

Brit. /ˈfaskəɡeɪl/, /ˌfaskəˈɡali/, U.S. /ˈfæskəˌɡeɪl/, /ˌfæskəˈɡæli/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Phascogale.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Phascogale, genus name (apparently 1824 in C. J. Temminck Monogr. de mammalogie (1827) I. 56) < ancient Greek ϕάσκω- (in ϕάσκωλος leather bag, purse: of uncertain origin) + γαλῆ (uncontracted γαλέη ) weasel, marten, polecat, ferret (see galeopithecus n.). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (fæskǫ·gălī) /fæˈskɒɡəliː/.
Zoology.
A genus of small, mouselike, insectivorous Australian marsupials of the family Dasyuridae; (also phascogale) a marsupial of this genus or of the subfamily Phascogalinae, a marsupial mouse.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Dasyuridae > subfamily Phascogalinae > genus Phascogale (pouched mouse)
Phascogale1841
pouched mouse1853
kangaroo mouse1867
pocket mouse1877
Phascologale1888
1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 75 (heading) Phascogale, Temminck.]
1841 Trans. Zool. Soc. 2 152 The skull of Myrmecobius, however, differs in several points from that of Phascogale.
1852 J. West Hist. Tasmania I. 324 The Phascogales are small insectivorous animals, found on the mountains and in the dense forest parts of the island.
1936 Amer. Naturalist 70 166 The Phascogales also all show adrenals with a thin band of cortex surrounding a rather voluminous medulla.
1968 D. Fleay Nightwatchmen 25 As I sat motionless a bright-eyed Swainson's phascogale (pouched mouse) emerged from a hollow log and ran perkily up and down my trouser leg.
2001 Guardian 5 Apr. (Science section) 3/6 The brush-tailed bettong and the bilby have left the territory [sc. South Australia] and the next to go could be the Antipodean equivalent of the tree shrew, the phascogale.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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