| 单词 | rice rat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrice rat rice rat n. a rat associated with rice; spec. any of numerous small, nocturnal New World rats of the genus Oryzomys and related genera, living chiefly in marshy or damp areas; esp. (more fully marsh rice rat) the common O. palustris of the south-eastern United States. ΚΠ 1873 T. A. Barry & B. A. Patten Men & Memories of San Francisco 92 The citizen of today cannot, like the early resident, distinguish the rat of Valparaiso, the rat of Canton or Singapore, the long, white, pink-eyed rice-rat of Batavia, [etc.]. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 5/1 The Rice-rat of America. 1947 C. O. Handley & C. P. Patton Wild Mammals Virginia 50 In the salt and brackish marshes along the bays and rivers..the rice rat is a common species. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Apr. d2/1 Species that carry hantaviruses in North America are the deer mouse..; the white-footed mouse; the rice rat; and the cotton rat. < as lemmas |
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