| 单词 | rat-tailed shrew |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrat-tailed shrew ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Ondatra (musk-rat) water rat1481 rat1584 mussascus1612 muskrat1615 musquash1616 squash1678 Muscovy rat1693 musk beaver1771 Ondatra1774 rat-tailed shrew1827 mushrat1842 beaver-rat1884 musky1884 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom II. 184 The Rat-tailed Shrew (Sorex Myosurus) bears a considerable resemblance to the preceding [sc. the Cape Shrew]. 1862 New Amer. Cycl. XIV. 614/2 The rat-tailed shrew (S. myosurus, Pall.) from India, is nearly as large as the brown rat, and of a dark brown color; it diffuses a very powerful odor of musk. 1884 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 378 The Rat-tailed Shrew. Among a number of Indian species..we may notice one which seems to be widely distributed in the East..under the name of the Musk Shrew, or Musk Rat. < as lemmas |
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